Patriots, loyalists, and revolution in New York City, 1775-1776

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William M. Offutt, William M. ...
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Longman
Language
English
Pages
193

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2011, Longman
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Table of Contents

pt. 1. The game
Prologue: New York City, February 9, 1775
Map of New York City, 1730-70
A walk through the city
The historical context
The crisis in Great Britain's North American colonies, 1763-1775
Social roots of the revolutionary crisis
Economic roots of the revolutionary crisis
Political roots of the revolutionary crisis
The (debatable) logic of colonial resistance
Key elements of the game
Game situation at start
The cast of characters
Role distribution by class size
Class assignments and activities
Overview
Week one (and a half) : setting up
Week two (game sessions 1-2) : expected issues
Week three (game sessions 3-4) : expected issues
Week four (game sessions 5-6) : expected issues
Rules for playing the game
Provincial Congress procedures
Oral presentations
Secrecy concerning your role
Private/personal deals
Mob action
Assignments and grading
Written assignments
Grades
Game performance points (if used
consult Gamemaster)
pt. 2. Appendices
Appendix A: Chronology of events preceding the American Revolution
Appendix B: John Locke, Second treatise of government
Introduction to Locke's Second treatise
The second treatise of government (excerpts)
Appendix C: Documents
Two pamphlets on the Stamp Act debate (1765)
Samuel Johnson, pamphlet, "Taxation no tyranny" (1775)
Samuel Seabury, Letters of a Westchester farmer : the New York Loyalist position (1774-75)
Thomas Paine, Common sense (excerpts, 1776)
James Chalmers, Plain truth (the Loyalist response to Common sense, 1776).

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Upper Saddle River, N.J
Series
Reacting to the past series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
974.7/102
Library of Congress
F128.4 .O34 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 193 p.:
Number of pages
193

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24379589M
ISBN 10
0205785794
ISBN 13
9780205785797
LCCN
2009047971
OCLC/WorldCat
426809576

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