Sample Short Response Questions for Chapter 7 and 8
Question 1
Answer a, b, and c. (1 paragraph; 7-9 sentences)
a.) Briefly explain ONE pressure that began to unite the British colonies against perceived and real constraints on their economic activities and political rights between 1750-1800.
b.) Briefly explain a SECOND pressure that began to unite the British colonies against perceived and real constraints on their economic activities and political rights between 1750-1800.
c.) Briefly explain ONE motivation factor that kept the British colonies allied to their Mother land between 1750-1800.
Question 2
“To these grievous acts and measures, Americans cannot submit, but in hopes their fellow subjects in Great Britain will, on a revision of them, restore us to that state, in which both countries found happiness and prosperity, we have for the present, only resolved to pursue the following peaceable measures:
- To enter into a non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation agreement or association.
- To prepare an address to the people of Great-Britain, and a memorial to the inhabitants of British America: and
- To prepare a loyal address to his majesty, agreeable to resolutions already entered into.”
-Excerpted from the demands of the Declaration of Rights and Grievances of 1774 (Passed by the Fist Continental Congress)
Answer a, b, and c. based on the information above
a.) Briefly explain ONE event that led to the colonist getting together for the First Continental Congress.
b.) Briefly explain what the colonist felt was being violated by England that gave them the right to respond the way they did
c.) Briefly explain ONE way that the British were threatened by the Declaration of Rights and Grievances of 1774.
Question 3
Answer a, b, and c.
a.) Identify and briefly describe one of the primary arguments supporting the Patriot cause during the American Revolution.
b.) Identify and briefly describe a second primary argument supporting the Patriot cause during the American Revolution.
c.) Identify and briefly describe one of the primary arguments supporting the Loyalists cause during the American Revolution.
Question 4
Answer a, b, and c.
a.) Identify and briefly describe one of the Britain’s strengths that they had at the start of the American Revolution.
b.) Identify and briefly describe one of the main strengths that the Colonist’s possessed during the American Revolution.
c.) Identify and briefly describe one of obstacles that the Colonists had to overcome to be victorious in the American Revolution.