On Monday, February 23^rd you will have an in-class quiz on Morgan and Morgan, The Stamp Act Crisis. I will select two of the following three questions, and you will be asked to answer one of them:

1. By passing both the repeal of the Stamp Act and the Declaratory Act, the British Parliament allowed for a fundamental misunderstanding to develop between itself and the colonies, and discredited those who sought reconciliation. In what ways did this misunderstanding reflect the distinction between, on the one hand, taxation and legislation; and on the other, internal and external taxation. Explain and comment.

2. Edmund and Helen Morgan argue that the "lower classes probably had little to lose directly by the Stamp Act," yet demonstrate that they were the ones who intimidated those trying to enforce British policy (p. 194). How do the Morgans explain this aspect of the resistance to the act, and in what ways is their explanation convincing or not convincing.

3. Using the example of a "loyalist" of your choice -- Hutchinson, Ingersoll, Hughes -- explain what values and situations made someone like him support British policy. What implications for our understanding of the Revolution does the Morgans' inclusion of chapters on these men have? Does Morgan suggest they were "right" in their stance, and thereby discredit the revolutionaries? Does he merely sympathize with them, and perhaps more generally their right to dissent, although he thinks they were ultimately wrong?