HIS 108: History of the United States through 1865

Reading Assignments and Focus Questions

Goldfield, Chapter 4: English Colonies in an Age of Empire, 1660s-1763

Review Questions

• What were the goals of British trade policy?
• Why was it so important to colonial elites to emulate their British counterparts?
• What role did the colonists play in the French and Indian War?

Goldfield, Chapter 5: Imperial Breakdown, 1763-1774

Review Questions

How did country ideology shape colonial reaction to the Sugar and Stamp Acts?

How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?

Who made up the First Continental Congress and what was its purpose?

Goldfield, Chapter 6: The War for Independence, 1774-1783

Review Questions

Why did tensions between the colonies and Britain escalate so rapidly between 1774 and 1776?

Why did the French enter the war on the American side?

What were the key factors in the American victory in the Revolutionary War?