Reading #2 Sources Stamp Act

Stamp Act SHEG Primaries

Questions for Reading #2 Stamp Act

For Document A:

1a. Who wrote this? What do we know about him?

1b. What newspaper does this come from?

1c. What would you predict the author’s perspective will be on the Stamp Act?

1d. When was it written? Was it before or after the Stamp Act went into effect?

1e. Is it reliable? Why? Why not?

1f. What does the author call Britain?  What does he call America?

1g. When the author urges people to speak to their representatives, who is he referring to?

1h. Why does the author state the British were "enemies of truth and liberty"?

1i. According to this document, why were the colonists upset about the Stamp Act?

For Document B:

2a. Who wrote this? What do we know about him?

2b. What newspaper does this come from?

2c. What would you predict the author’s perspective will be on the Stamp Act?

2d. When was it written? Was it before or after the Stamp Act went into effect?

2e. Is it reliable? Why? Why not?

2f. What happened in Boston according to this article?

2g. Why was the author surprised?

2h. Who reads the newspapers, according to the author?

2i. According to this document, why were colonists upset about the Stamp Act?

For Document C:

3a. (Sourcing) Who wrote this, and what is his job? Does he side with England or

with the colonists? How do you know?

3b. (Contextualization) Based on his account, what’s going on in America in 1766?

How has the Stamp Act affected him personally? Provide evidence from the

document to support your answer.

3c. Do you believe his account? Give one reason why you would trust his account

and one reason why you might not trust his account.

3d. (Corroboration) How does the account in this document compare to the accounts

in Documents A and B? Do you think most colonists were upset about the Stamp

Act, or do you think a few leaders riled up everyone?

Reading #1 Questions

1. In your own words, why did Thomas Pownall claim that the American colonies would never unite?

2. Define the main idea of the second paragraph.

3. According to the third paragraph, which issue was responsible for the problems between the colonies and Britain?

4. What were the results of the Stamp Act? In what ways was the Declaratory Act worse than the stamp Act?

5. How did the colonists demonstrate a resistance to the unjust acts of Parliament?

Reading #1 Road to Revolution Part I

The Road to Revolution

Chapter 5 Notes

Chapter 4 Study Guide

Chapter 4 Study Guide

Thesis for Written Response #3

The First Great Awakening paved the way for the American Revolution by encouraging the ideals of liberty, equality, and resistance to authority.


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