Oakdale High School
Advanced Placement United States History
Mr. Simoncini
Chapter4, Section 1 (100-107)
Note: All page references are based on the 12th edition of the Brinkley text.
1. What benefits did the imperial system provide to England’s North American colonies?
2. How would you characterize the relationship between Great Britain and its North
American colonies after the Glorious Revolution?
3. What changes in the British government occurred during the fifty years following the
Glorious Revolution?
4. From the British point of view, how would you characterize the day-to-day administration
of colonial affairs? Please include in your discussion the general characteristics of
British royal officials in America.
5. Where was resistance to imperial authority in America centered?
6. Using historical examples, analyze this quote: “Fire and water are not more
heterogeneous than the different colonies in North America.”
7. Was there any progress toward connecting the colonies? If so, name some.
8. Describe the Albany Plan of Union—its background, its reasoning, and its results.
9. What evidence does Brinkley cite to support the following statement: “France began to
devote new attention to the development of its North American territories?”
10. Discuss the major differences between the British and French regarding relations with
the Native Americans.
11. Politically, how did the Iroquois Confederacy play in the forthcoming conflict between the
British and the French?
12. Describe the significance the Ohio Valley played leading up to the French and Indian
(Seven Years War).
13. Briefly discuss the key events in the French and Indian War, particularly the three main
phases.
14. Briefly discuss the results of the Peace of Paris (1763.)
Chapter4, Section 2 (107-116)
15. What effects did the French and Indian War have on the British Empire and the
American colonies?
16. What things about the attitudes and activities of the Americans during the French and
Indian War angered the British?
17. From what physical malady did George III suffer? What other personality issues
affected his rule, according to Brinkley?
18. Discuss the Proclamation of 1763: what it was, why the British imposed it, and what
were its effects.
19. What direct ways did George Grenville use to better control the Americans? Be sure
that you discuss specific pieces of parliamentary legislation during this period.
20. Discuss the Paxton Boys and the Regulator Movement.
21. On pp. 129-130, Brinkley states: “Indeed, there was something in the Grenville program
to antagonize virtually everyone.” List and discuss examples that Brinkley gives to
support his claim.
22. What American city suffered the worst economic problems as a result of Grenville’s
policies?
23. On p. 131, Brinkley states, “Whatever the economic consequences of the British
government’s programs, the political consequences were—in the eyes of the colonists,
at least—far worse.” What facts does Brinkley provide to support that statement?
24. Discuss the Stamp Act of 1765: what was it and what were its results with regard to the
colonies?
25. What were the Virginia Resolves? Who was the person who was the force behind
them?
26. How did Massachusetts Colony react to the Stamp Act of 1765? Who were some of the
key people in the Massachusetts movement? What role did the Sons of Liberty play in
the reaction of Massachusetts to the Stamp Act?
27. Who was the Marquis of Rockingham, what key action did he take and what was
Parliament’s reaction to it?
28. Who was Charles Townshend?
29. Briefly discuss the Mutiny (or Quartering) Act of 1765 and what was the general reaction
of the people living in Great Britain’s North American colonies to it.
30. What two laws did Townshend steer through Parliament in 1767? What effects did
those laws have on the North American colonies?
31. Who was Lord North and what key action did he take in March 1770?
Chapter4, Section 3 (116-125)
32. What were the causes and effects of the Boston Massacre?
33. What was Samuel Adams’ role in “fomenting public outrage over the Boston Massacre?”
34. Brinkley writes: “In the eyes of most Englishmen and most Americans, the English
constitution was the best system ever devised to meet these necessities.” What does he
go on to cite as the strengths of the British constitution and what does he say were the
reasons why dissidents in America and England believed that the British government
was violating its own constitution?
35. What did John Dickinson write in Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer that would lead to a
major rallying cry in the forthcoming American Revolution?
36. What was the theory of “virtual” representation? How did the general American belief
differ from the basic tenets of that theory?
37. What does Brinkley mean when he says: “By the mid-1770s, some Americans were
arguing that the empire was a sort of federation of commonwealths. . .”
38. What was the fundamental difference of opinion over the nature of sovereignty between
the British and some leading Americans?
39. What was the cause and what were the effects of the Tea Act of 1773?
40. What were the primary results of the Boston Tea Party?
41. What were the key actions taken by the First Continental Congress?
42. What were the causes and results of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?