America’s History: Printed Page 180
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| REVIEW QUESTIONS | Answer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas. |
As British administrators sought to increase colonial revenues and tighten administrative control, what might have led them to pursue a less confrontational course with the colonies? What factors do you think are most important in explaining the failure of compromise?
What kinds of provocation caused colonists to riot or otherwise act directly, even violently, in defense of their interests? How did common law, Enlightenment, and republican ideas shape their thinking as they took action?
What compromises were proposed in the colonies as alternatives to independence? Why did Patriots reject them?
THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING Consider the events listed under “Work, Exchange, and Technology” and “Politics and Power” for the period 1763–1776 on the thematic timeline. How important were the linkages between economic developments and political ones in these years?