Wednesday, September 18, 2013

American History-Week 3 homework

Week 3- Follow syllabus for the week in addition to answering the questions listed below under each lesson.
Remember what we discussed about how to answer a question with a complete sentence.

Lesson 11

1. Define the term Enlightenment referring to the period in history.
2.  What new thinking emerged in the Enlightenment about kings and government?

Lesson 12

1.  What issue was fundamental in leading to the American Revolution?
2.  What administrative change angered New Englanders?

Questions on "Sayings from Poor Richard's Almanack"

1.  How might your life be different if you followed Poor Richard's advice?
2.  Quote and explain three different sayings.
3.  Compare or contrast one saying with a teaching from the Bible (give chapter and verse reference).
4.  What was one saying that you especially enjoyed, and why?

Lesson 13

1.What happened to thousands of French-speaking Canadian who were forced out of Nova Scotia?
2.  What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union?

Questions on Letter 2 from "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"
1.  What authority of Parliament did Dickinson not question?
2.  Why did he object to the Stamp Act and the Townsend Act?
3.  Why did he object to the duties imposed by the Townsend Act?
4.  Dickinson said that if Britain could do this, it would reduce the colonists to what?

Don't forget the Bible verse of the week.  How does the scripture apply to what we are studying?



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