GT Inquiry: Revolution
How to Take Notes
Example using The
American Revolutionary
War
Source
SubHeading
Notes
Booth, Seth. How the British Lost the
American Colonies. London, United
Kingdom: Pastimes Press, 2003.
Requirements
A. Background
information
Was there a foreign
power involved? If yes,
who?
Background Info
Abstract
Foreign power Involved?
-Great Britain
Foreign domination
-Britain controlled the
colonists through the
system of mercantilism
-Many acts to generate
wealth for King George III
and Great Britain
Ideas
Questions:
Define mercantilism
Which acts? Time period?
What were the
circumstances of
domination of the
country?
Who controlled the
economic determination
of the country? Did all
citizens have full access
to the economic
structure of the country?
Explain.
Was land ownership,
freedom of self
government, and/or …
Example using The
American Revolutionary
War
Notes
Source
Booth, Seth. 
SubHeading
Background Info
Abstract
Ideas
Foreign domination
-Intolerable Acts (created as a
reaction to the Boston Tea Party)
encouraged colonists to create the
First Continental Congress
Questions:
Who made up the 1st Cont. Congress?
Where did the congress meet?
You do not need to cite the full source
again. Record the author’s name and label
with a number, in this case, #1.
Requirements
A. Background
information
Was there a foreign
power involved? If yes,
who?
What were the
circumstances of
domination of the
country?
Who controlled the
economic determination
of the country? Did all
citizens have full access
to the economic
structure of the country?
Explain.
Was land ownership,
freedom of self
government, and/or …
Example using The
American Revolutionary
War
Notes
Source 
Booth, Seth. How the British Lost the
American Colonies. London, United
Kingdom: Pastimes Press, 2003.
SubHeading
Background Info
Abstract
Foreign power Involved?
-Great Britain
Foreign domination
-Britain controlled the
colonists through the
system of mercantilism
-Many acts to generate
wealth for King George III
and Great Britain
Ideas
Questions:
Define mercantilism
Which acts? Time period?
Go back to the
first time you
cited the full
source and
record the
number you
have assigned it.
Example using The
American Revolutionary
War
Source
SubHeading
Notes
Booth, Seth. How the British Lost the
American Colonies. London, United
Kingdom: Pastimes Press, 2003.
Background Info
Page 1 of 5
Abstract
Foreign power Involved?
-Great Britain
Foreign domination
-Britain controlled the
colonists through the
system of mercantilism
-Many acts to generate
wealth for King George III
and Great Britain
Ideas
Questions:
Define mercantilism
Which acts? Time period?
At the end of
your research,
number the
pages of each
sub-heading.
Record the
page number
plus the total
number of
pages for the
sub-heading.
Sources
HCPSS
School Library Media
Grades 6-8 Internet Online Databases
and Curriculum Links
American History
CultureGrams
NoodleTools
SIRS Decades
SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Knowledge Source
Student Resource Center Junior
Teaching Books.net
World Book Online
Howard County Library
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