American Studies Homework: September 23 - 25

Note: American Studies section 02 has their test on Thursday September 24 and sections 01 and 03 take the test on Friday September 25. Remember to bring your notes with you to class on your test day.
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Homework for next week meeting on Monday (Sept. 28) and Tuesday (Sept. 29):

Prentice Hall America book: Read pp. 40-49. Outline your reading. Answer the following questions- (PDFs will be emailed to the class that doesn’t have this book.)

• What was the importance of the French and Indian War? How did it affect the colonists and British leadership? 
• What issues and concerns by the colonists lead to their declaring independence from Britain?
• What were some of the main principles from which the Declaration of Independence was created? In other words, what new ideas and beliefs did the Declaration “state”?