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PROLOGUE
1. On the whole, did the mercantilist system benefit the colonies? __________
A. THE BURDEN OF MERCANTILISM
Ch.6, A1: Governor Berkeley, "Protest" taken from The Statutes
at Large
of Virginia..., 1671
2. What two criticisms does Berkeley cite against the Navigation Act of 1651
and 1660? ________________________________________________________________
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3. Why was New England able to build ships? _________________________________
B. THE TEMPEST OVER TAXATION
Ch.6,B1: Benjamin Franklin, "Testimony Before House of Commons Committee,"
1765
4. What lack makes some colonists unable to pay the Stamp Tax? ______________
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5. Franklin asserts that enforcement of the Stamp Act will result in what?
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Ch.6,B2: Philadelphia Anti-Tea Tax Group, "Statement to Ship's Captain,"
1773
6. What punishment is the captain of the ship Polly threatened with if he
lands his shipment of tea at Philadelphia? _______________________________
C. BRITAIN AT THE CROSSROADS
Ch.6,C1: Summary
Ch.6,C2: Summary
Ch.6,C3: Summary
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D. LOYALISTS VERSUS PATRIOTS
Ch.6,D1: Daniel Leonard, Massachusettensis, 1775
7. Where do Leonard's sympathies lie? _______________________________________
8. What three reasons does Leonard cite for why he thinks the colonies should
not rebel? _______________________________________________________________
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Ch.6,D2: Patrick Henry, "Speech before the Virginia Assembly," 1775
9. What does Henry believe to be inevitable? ________________________________
10. What famous quote appears in this speech? _______________________________
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Ch.6,D3: Intro
10. What future right in the U.S. Bill of Rights was abused by the Sons of
Liberty? ________________________________________________________________
E. THE CLASH OF ARMS
Ch.6,E1: Salem Gazette, "Account of Lexington and Concord," 4/25/1775
London Gazette, "Account of Lexington and Concord," 6/10/1775
11. The American account blames whom for the first shot? ____________________
12. What three atrocities does the American count claim the British are
guilty of? ______________________________________________________________
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13. Blaming the colonists for the first shot, what two atrocities does the
British account allege? _________________________________________________
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