APUSH
Chapter 7 Reading Guide
The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775
The Deep Roots of Revolution
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Republicanism
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Radical Whigs
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What were the circumstances that helped bolster these attitudes?
Mercantilism and Colonial Grievances
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Explain mercantilism
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The Navigation Acts
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Currency Issues
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Nullification Veto
The Merits and Menace of Mercantilism
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Explain the pros and the cons of the mercantilistic system for the colonists
The Stamp Tax Uproar
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Why did Britain need money?
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Who was George Grenville and what did he do to arouse the resentment of the colonists
prior to the Stamp Act?
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ID the Stamp Act.
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Why did Grenville not think his actions unreasonable?
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Why did the colonists hate his actions?
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Explain the colonial distinction between legislation and taxation and Grenville’s notion
of virtual taxation.
Forced Repeal of the Stamp Act
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ID the Stamp Act Congress of 1765
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What other actions did the colonists take that ultimately led Parliament to repeal the
Stamp Act
o Explain the Declaratory Act
The Townshend Tea Tax and the Boston “Massacre”
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ID the Townshend Acts
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ID the Boston Massacre
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The Seditious Committee of Correspondence
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Why did Lord North persuade Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts and which tax
was kept alive to retain the principle of parliamentary taxation?
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ID Sam Adams
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Explain the committees of correspondence.
Tea Brewing in Boston
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Explain how the British East India Company acquired a monopoly on tea in the colonies.
What was the colonists reaction? Explain.
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ID the Boston Tea Party
Parliament Passes the "Intolerable Acts"
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ID the Intolerable Acts
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ID the Quebec Act
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Bloodshed
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ID the First Continental Congress
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Explain the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Imperial Strength and Weaknesses
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
American Plusses and Minuses
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
A Thin Line of Heroes
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Explain the shortages
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ID Valley Forge
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Explain the issues of unreliable militias.
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Explain the African-American experience in the Revolutionary War.
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Explain the issue of American profiteers.