Reading #2: Why were colonists so upset about the Stamp Act?

For Document A:
(Do 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, and 1e BEFORE reading the body of the text)

1a. Who wrote this? What do we know about him?

1b. What newspaper does this come from?

1c. What would you predict the author’s perspective will be on the Stamp Act?

1d. When was it written? Was it before or after the Stamp Act went into effect?

1e. Is it reliable? Why? Why not?

Now read the body of the text

1f. What does the author call Britain?  What does he call America?

1g. When the author urges people to speak to their representatives, who is he referring to?

1h. Why does the author state the British were "enemies of truth and liberty"?

1i. According to this document, why were the colonists upset about the Stamp Act?

Chapter 5 Notes: Road to Revolution

Reading #1 Questions: Road to Revolution Part 1

1. In your own words, why did Thomas Pownall claim that the American colonies would never unite?

2. Define the main idea of the second paragraph.

3. According to the third paragraph, which issue was responsible for the problems between the colonies and Britain?

4. What were the results of the Stamp Act? In what ways was the Declaratory Act worse than the stamp Act?

5. How did the colonists demonstrate a resistance to the unjust acts of Parliament?

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