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2017 AP® U/*5&%�S5"5&4 HISTORY FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

UNITED STATES HISTORY SECTION II

Total Time—1 hour, 30 minutes

Question 1 (Document-Based Question)

Suggested reading and writing time: 55 minutes

It is suggested that you spend 15 minutes reading the documents and 40 minutes writing your response. Note: You may begin writing your response before the reading period is over.

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process:brainstorm YOUR OWN SFIread and annotate docsform categoriesform thesisGO!뺭

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treaty of parisends F/I War�

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treaty of parisends American Revolution�

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brainstorming1763 - treaty of paris - Proclamation Line of 1763Boston: sons of liberty, stamp act/1st congress/declatory act/tea act/boston massacre/tea party/intolerable actssuffolk resolves/ halifax resolves1775 Paine’s common Sensedunmore’s proclamation 2nd continental congress1776 Declaration of Independenceloyalist/patriot dividearticles of confederation in response to saratoga1783- Treaty of Paris ends american revolution�

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taxation w/o representation - some british sided w/ americans! (shows complexity -remember: american colonists are BRITISH!english consumer goods bought by richer americans: gentry�

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potential thesis: though varied groups exhibited continuity in their loyalty to the British Crown in the revolutionary period, overall there was a tremendous change in ideas about American independence from the end of the 7 year war in 1763 to the American Revolution in 1783 with respect to economic and political identity.assignment: try to sort these document into categories of argumentation and, if you feel confident, try writing parts of a DBQ in response�


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first representative assembly in the british american colonies, founded 1619

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shows in 1769, loyalty to and subservience to britain

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boston merchant… leader of Sons of Liberty�

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connects to enlightenment ideas: consent of the governed (hobbes leviathon in enlightenment) will be embodied in the US Constitution

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loyalists, dont support the revolution (here, quakers have religious reasoning)

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shows force by Patriots, which implies not everyone was down/ the revolutionsouthern presence of loyalists, reason cornwallis (british gen) brings forces S at end of rev�

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use these two as counterargument!


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says we (US) can’t pay for war)what would the boston response to this be? MERCANTILISM LIMITS our trade and manufacturing�

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shortly after the success of Common Sensewhy independence is so important�