7th Grade American Revolution Inquiry
Was the American Revolution Avoidable?
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Was the American Revolution Avoidable?
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Supporting Question 1- How did the French and Indian War change British relations with the colonists?
- Source A: Image bank: 18th-century British debt
- Source B: Map showing territorial gains, "Map of North America before and after the French and Indian War"
- Source C: David Ramsay, an account of the French and Indian War, " An American Looks Back At British Victory in the French and Indian War, 1763" (excerpts), The History of the American Revolution, 1789 Public domain. Available at the National Humanities Center's America in Class website:
Supporting Question 2- How did British policies inflame tensions in the American colonies?
- Source A: Legislation bank: Excerpts from laws demonstratin British policies toward the American colonies, 1764-1774 Public domain. Available at S. Mintz and S. McNeil. (2015). Digital History. Retrieved August 24, 2015 from
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu. To view the full text of each act, see: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/references/landmark.cfm
Supporting Question 3- How did colonial responses inflame tensions?
- Source A: Stamp Act Congress, a listing of rights, "Declaration of the Congress Held at New York," October 19, 1765
Public domain. Available from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/journaloffirstco00stam.
Source B: Image bank:
Image 3: W. D. Cooper, engraving of the Sons of Liberty protest, Boston Tea Party, in The History of North America. London: E. Newberry, 1789. Public domain. Available from Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Tea_Party_w.jpg.
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Image bank: Protests in Boston, 1770-1774
- Source D: Patrick Henry, speech in support of the colonies in rebellion against Great Britain, " Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" ( excerpt), March 20, 1775
Supporting Question 4- What efforts were made to avoid war?
- Source A: Repeal of the Stamp Act
- Source B:Olive Branch Petition
- Source C: James Chalmers, a loyalist pamphlet arguing that the colonies should continue their relationship with Great Britain, Plain Truth (excerpts), 1766 Public domain. The text and educational materials developed through the Baltimore County History Labs Program, a partnership between Baltimore County Public Schools, are available at: