Unit 2 Performance Task: DBQ Essay
Document Based Question: Patriot or Loyalist, which side would you
choose?
*Directions:
Use your background information about Patriots and Loyalists during the
American Revolution and the four
documents provided to you in this packet to
determine if you would side with the Patriots or Loyalists.
*Task A: Complete the Document-Based questions
under each source.
-As you read each of the documents, highlight or underline
key phrases and words that address the document-based question. If need be, look up the definitions of any
unfamiliar words or phrases.
-Answer the questions
that correspond to each document using complete sentences. Keep in mind what
you already know about the time period, as well as the document-based question:
“Patriot or Loyalist, which side would
you choose?”
*Task B: Write a FOUR
paragraph essay:
-You must use at least TWO documents to support your answer
to the question: “Patriot or Loyalist,
which side would you choose?”
-Take notes about each document in the sheet provided. Locate information from the documents that
will help support the side you have chosen.
-Essay must include an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Background Information
Directions: Read the information below before you begin
looking at the documents.
The year is 1774. Whether you are a
merchant in Massachusetts, a German-born farmer living in Pennsylvania, a
tavern-owning woman of Maryland, or a slave-owner in the South, you share some
things in common. For instance, you probably don't like paying taxes on such
goods as tea that wind up going to support the royal coffers in London. At the same time, you like the idea of being
part of the British Empire, the most powerful in the world. Chances are you
speak English and have many British relatives or ancestors. Or, even if you're
a German farmer with no ties to Britain, you are still grateful for the
opportunity to farm peacefully in this British-ruled land. Yet, you hear murmurings — radical notions about separating from Britain are making the
rounds. Those hotheads in Boston recently threw a load of tea in the harbor and
the British retaliated with something called the Intolerable Acts. A
confrontation is looming. Who will
you support? The radical Americans or the British? Fact is, it's not an easy
decision. Not only will your way of life be drastically affected, but who ever you choose to side with will
make you instant enemies.
"The Loyalists."Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association,
n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
TASK A:
DOCUMENT 1: The Boston Massacre
British Captain Thomas
Preston, Account of the Boston Massacre (excerpt):
"On Monday night about 8
o'clock two [British] soldiers were attacked and beat. The guard informed me
the town inhabitants were assembling to attack the troops. I saw the people in
great commotion, and heard them use the most cruel and horrid threats against
the troops........The mob still increased and were more outrageous, striking
their clubs or bludgeons one against another, and calling out, 'come on you
rascals, you bloody backs, you lobster scoundrels, fire (your guns) if you
dare.”
O'Brien, By Greg. "The Center
for the Teaching of American History - Greg O'Brien." The Center for the
Teaching of American History - Greg O'Brien. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
1. According
to this statement, who was most responsible for the Boston Massacre?
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American point of view of the Boston
Massacre from an Anonymous Source: (excerpt)
“Capt. Preston seemed to be in great haste and much agitated, and that,
according to his opinion, there were not then present in King street above
seventy or eighty persons at the extent. The said party (British soldiers) was
formed into a half circle; and within a short time after they had been posted
at the Custom House, began to fire upon the people. Captain Preston is said to
have ordered them to fire, and to have repeated that order. One gun was fired
first; then others in succession and with deliberation.”
O'Brien, By Greg. "The Center
for the Teaching of American History - Greg O'Brien." The Center for the
Teaching of American History - Greg O'Brien. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016
2. According to this statement, who was most
responsible for the Boston Massacre?
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Document 2: Patriot and Loyalist quotes…
“If our trade be taxed, why not our
lands, or produce…..in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal
representation” - Samuel Adams
1. What angered Samuel Adams? Is he a patriot or a loyalist?
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“Yesterday
the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a
greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was
passed without one dissenting colony, ”that these United Colonies are, and of
right ought to be, free and independent States.””-John Adams
2. What resolution was passed without one
dissenting colony? Is he a patriot or a
loyalist?
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“They call me a brainless Tory; but
tell me which is better – to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away,
or by three thousand tyrants not more than one mile away? - Mather Byles
3. What angered Mather Byles? Is he a patriot or a loyalist?
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“I think that all laws until they are
repealed ought to be obeyed and that it is the duty of those who are entrusted
with the executive part of government to see that they are so” -William
Franklin
4.
What is William Franklin’s view point? Is he a patriot or a loyalist?
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Document 3: The Boston Tea Party
Context: The following excerpt was
published in the Boston Gazette on December 20, 1773. In the article it
discusses the Boston Tea Party where several members of the Sons of Liberty
threw chests of tea into Boston Harbor, ruining the tea in defiance of the Tea
Act.
“...A number of brave
and resolute men, determined to do all in their power to save their country
from the ruin which their enemies had plotted, in less than four hours, emptied
every chest of tea on board the three ships commanded by the captains Hall,
Bruce, and Coffin, amounting to 342 chests, into the sea!! without the least
damage done to the ships or any other property. The matters and owners are well
pleas’d that their ships are thus clear’d; and the people are almost
universally congratulating each other on this happy event.”
1. How were the members of the Sons of Liberty
portrayed in this article?
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2.
How does this article support the “patriot” cause?
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Document 4: The Sons of Liberty
Context: The
following excerpt was taking from the article, “How A Secret Society of Rebel
Americans Made Its Mark on Early America” by Todd Alan Kreamer. In the
document, Kreamer discusses the different actions taken by the Sons of Liberty
to show their displeasure with Great Britain.
“Sometimes, the actions and reactions
of the Sons of Liberty to the Stamp Act took a violent turn as recorded in a
local New York City merchant’s diary in April, 1765. Violence broke out with
the arrival of a shipment of stamped paper to the Royal Governor’s residence.
Cadwallder Colden, the acting Royal Governor of the New York colony...was
extremely frightened of the patriotic group and so locked himself up securely
inside Fort George immediately after he received the stamped paper from British
officials. A few hours after receiving the official papers, a raucous [rough
and noisy] mob captured the governor’s gilded and spectacular coach and reduced
it to a pile of ashes. From here the mob...raced uptown to the home of Fort George’s
commander, smashing numerous windows and breaking into the wine cellar to
sustain their “patriotism” before descending on the rest of the house in a
convulsion of vandalism. tarring and feathering Loyalists- those individuals
who sympathized and were supportive of the British Crown, royal tax collectors,
and other officials- was a common practice carried out by the more radical
elements of the organization.”
1.
How were members of the Sons of Liberty viewed in this article?
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2.
How does this article support the “loyalist” cause?
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Document Based
Question: Patriot or Loyalist, which
side would you choose?
*If I were to choose in being a
Patriot or a Loyalist during the American Revolution, I would choose….
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*My reasons for choosing the
___________________________ side of the American Revolution are:
1st reason
2nd reason
*Which documents will I use to
support my reasoning? (List them including # and author/title)
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