Homework: Reading- The Hidden History of the American Revolution (pages 59-69 Subtitle: “The
Unknown Revolution”)
1. Radicalism- Who were the radicals and what did they want from the Revolution?
2. Who were Andrew Oliver and Thomas Hutchinson and why were they detested by “the crowd” of
poor and common men (what did they represent)?
3. When “the crowd” of poor and common men “levelled” the home of the tax collector, they did so
with deep symbolic meaning. What did “leveling” mean in the lead-up to the American
Revolution?
4. On what basis did certain northern white men refer to themselves as slaves as the revolution
approached?
5. Discuss the relationship between Britain and the enslaved in both the northern and southern
colonies as the war approached and became ignited.
6. On what basis did founding fathers, George Mason, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry, oppose the Proclamation of 1763?
7. How did British policies such as the Quebec Act and Proclamation of 1763 impact Native
Americans?
8. Discuss how revolutionary rhetoric such as liberty and enslavement may have impacted women,
including Abigail Adams.
9. What “spirit,” growing trends and discontents did men like John Adams fear as the Revolution
approached and became ignited?
10. What would you surmise is the author’s intent in drawing attention to slaves, Indians, and women
in the context of growing revolutionary fervor and “freedom” rhetoric among white male
colonials?
