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A few people need to make sure they're addressing both the causes AND effects of the Revolution, including the U.S. Constitution (which few mentioned). If need be, review the questions from Week 6 (about what caused colonists' protests against Britain, what the real issues with taxes war, and why events escalated to warfare), Week 7 (which will help you address the important changes in the U.S. after the Revolution) and Week 8 (about what the Constitutional Convention tells us about the intents of many of the Founding Fathers, and the meaning of the Revolution) . As you think about what to write in your 2 replies to group members posts, I would encourage you to think about anything you didn 't initially cover in your first post, and address that material in your 2 replies, backed up with specific examples from the lessons and/or textbook.

And to clarify the tax issue a bit: remember, the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townsend Act (etc) weren't particularly heavy taxes (the Sugar Act was actually a tax reduction), and all the taxes raised from the Stamp Act was used within the colonies, mostly to maintain the army of 10,000 soldiers who were supposed to protect territory gained from France in the Seven Years' War. And colonists were taxed less than British subjects living in England . So where these taxes really unfair? Or was there something else going on in colonists' protests against taxation (aside from the fact that no one likes taxes)? Some of you have addressed this issue, but I think a few of you could review the

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protests against Britain, what the real issues with taxes war, and why events escalated to warfare), Week 7 (which will help you address the important changes in the U.S. after the Revolution) and Week 8 (about what the Constitutional Convention tells us about the intents of many of the Founding Fathers, and the meaning of the Revolution) . As you think about what to write in your 2 replies to group members posts, I would encourage you to think about anything you didn't initially cover in your first post, and address that material in your 2 replies, backed up with specific examples from the lessons and/or textbook.

And to clarify the tax issue a bit: remember, the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townsend Act (etc) weren't particularly heavy taxes (the Sugar Act was actually a tax reduction), and all the taxes raised from the Stamp Act was used within the colonies, mostly to maintain the army of 10,000 soldiers who were supposed to protect territory gained from France in the Seven Years'War. And colonists were taxed less than British subjects living in England. So where these taxes really unfair? Or was there something else going on in colonists' protests against taxation (aside from the fact that no one likes taxes)? Some of you have addressed this issue, but I think a few of you could review the Road to Revolution lesson a bit to delve deeper into the issue about representation, and how the Revolution was the end of a long road of divergence between colonists and England in what political representation should look like.

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• Before Monday, November 2 at 9 am, respond to

2 group members'posts, expanding the

conversation about the meaning and

consequences of the American Revolution.

o Your responses should expand the discussion

by replying in 200 words or more.

o Responses may include: expanding on a

students'argument or analysis by providing

evidence to support that view, disagreeing

respectfully by presenting counter evidence,

proposing a new idea, etc.

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