Homework for Monday 31st Oct

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Let's see how many of you actually do your homework and check this blog for the answers.

Reminding you that Tuesday November 1st is your first test, Chapter 5-Section 1, 2, 3

SECTION 3 ASSESSMENT ANSWERS

3. Society and politics in the 13 colonies in the mid 1700's were prosperous and home to diverse groups. There was a good deal of free discussion about politics and a sense of having a seperate identity from Britain.

4. The increase in conflict between the colonists and Britain is because the colonists resented the new taxes that Britain imposed to help pay for the Seven Years'War. They opposed taxes without representation in Parliament.

5. A loyalist may have opposed the American Revolution as some colonists thought that because colonies belonged to Britain, therefore the colonists owed alligence to it. Britain also supported and protected the colonies.

6. Your answers in this question will vary and should reflect an understanding of the Bill of Rights.

THE CHART
The Rise of Britain
• Location allowed England to control trade
• Allowed business and commerce with few restrictions
• Gained many territories in the New World
• Expansion of land closer to England with Ireland and Scotland.

The Colonies in the mid 1700’s
• 13 colonies on the east coast of North America
• Busy commercial centers for trade
• Mercantilists policies applied to help strengthen Britain
• Many new laws applied
• Diverse groups and religions
• Own identity separate from Britain

Colonists Discontent
• Many new Acts e.g. Stamp Act
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Continental Congress began
• Colonists declare independence
• War begins
• Declaration of Independence written


Important figures of the American Revolution
• George Washington
• James Madison
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• Patrick Henry
• George III