Thursday, October 15, 2009

American Revolution Quiz

I'll be back next Monday. Thanks for working hard in my absence and big thanks to Mr. Leo for a job well done.

Study the following key concepts for the quiz. You must also be able to write about Zinn's perspective on Colonial America and the Revolution. This will be general and is meant to reflect the chapter you focused on for your presentation.

KEY TERMS:
Seven Year's War/French and Indian War
republicanism
Whigs and Tories
Mercantilism
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Tax
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
Admiralty Courts
Albany Plan
"Taxation without representation"
Boston "Massacre"
Townshend Tax
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Continental Congress
Locke and Social Contract