Reading Questions: The Fight for Freedom 1750-1783 pages 1-20

Learning Target (4): I can analyze why the English colonists began using the language of natural rights and limited
government to argue for independence from Britain after the French and Indian War.
Identification
1) Explain the significance of a) the Proclamation of 1763, b) Chief Pontiac, c) Stamp Act, d) 1767 taxes
(Townshend Acts), e) Boston Massacre, f) committees of correspondence, g) Crispus Attucks
Comprehension
2) How did Pontiacs War and the Proclamation of 1763 grow out of the movement of white English
colonists west?
3) Why did many white colonists and free African colonists oppose (argue against) the Stamp Act and
the Townshend Acts?
4) Name some of the new leaders who protested British policies.
5) What role did the 1767 taxes (Townshend Acts) play in the Boston Massacre?
Critical Thinking and Writing
6) In a paragraph, give some specific evidence to show how British government policies helped grow
representative government during the colonial period.
7) Think about what we learned about bias. Were there any ways that this reading shows any bias?
Explain why or why not, with evidence.