Homework: Reading- The Hidden History of the American Revolution (pages 59-69 Subtitle: “The Unknown Revolution”)
- Radicalism- Who were the radicals and what did they want from the Revolution?
- Who were Andrew Oliver and Thomas Hutchinson and why were they detested by “the crowd” of poor and common men (what did they represent)?
- When “the crowd” of poor and common men “levelled” the home of the tax collector, they did so with deep symbolic meaning. What did “leveling” mean in the lead-up to the American Revolution?
- On what basis did certain northern white men refer to themselves as slaves as the revolution approached?
- Discuss the relationship between Britain and the enslaved in both the northern and southern colonies as the war approached and became ignited.
- On what basis did founding fathers, George Mason, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry, oppose the Proclamation of 1763?
- How did British policies such as the Quebec Act and Proclamation of 1763 impact Native Americans?
- Discuss how revolutionary rhetoric such as liberty and enslavement may have impacted women, including Abigail Adams.
- What “spirit,” growing trends and discontents did men like John Adams fear as the Revolution approached and became ignited?
- What would you surmise is the author’s intent in drawing attention to slaves, Indians, and women in the context of growing revolutionary fervor and “freedom” rhetoric among white male colonials?
