1: Identify and discuss three factors that helped generate a growing colonial challenge to British rule during the period from the mid-1760’s to the mid-1770s.
Question 2: Identify three episodes that strike you as particularly pivotal in the colonies’ progression towards the cause of the independence during the period from the mid-1760’s to the mid-1770s, and explain why you have chosen them.
Question 3: Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense is credited with bringing the colonies to the brink of independence in 1776. What explains the electrifying impact of this pamphlet? (Consider both the tone and the content of this document.)
Question 4: When the American patriots went to war for independence, they were going up against the world’s most awesome military power. What explains their ultimate victory? Identify three factors that strike you as having been especially vital to the final outcome.
Question 5: What were some of the key lines of debate in the colonies between supporters and opponents of American independence?
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