Patriots, loyalists, and revolution in New York City, 1775-1776
By: Bill Offutt.
Series: Reacting to the past series
Publisher: Longman; Pearson College Div; Brand: Pearson
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780205785797
Subjects: Revolutionaries -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century; American loyalists -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The game; title: Prologue: New York City, February 9, 1775; title: Map of New York City, 1730-70; title: A walk through the city; title: The historical context; title: The crisis in Great Britain's North American colonies, 1763-1775; title: Social roots of the revolutionary crisis; title: Economic roots of the revolutionary crisis; title: Political roots of the revolutionary crisis; title: The (debatable) logic of colonial resistance; title: Key elements of the game; title: Game situation at start; title: The cast of characters; title: Role distribution by class size; title: Class assignments and activities; title: Overview; title: Week one (and a half) : setting up; title: Week two (game sessions 1-2) : expected issues; title: Week three (game sessions 3-4) : expected issues; title: Week four (game sessions 5-6) : expected issues; title: Rules for playing the game; title: Provincial Congress procedures; title: Oral presentations; title: Secrecy concerning your role; title: Private/personal deals; title: Mob action; title: Assignments and grading; title: Written assignments; title: Grades; title: Game performance points (if used; title: consult Gamemaster); title: pt. 2. Appendices; title: Appendix A: Chronology of events preceding the American Revolution; title: Appendix B: John Locke, Second treatise of government; title: Introduction to Locke's Second treatise; title: The second treatise of government (excerpts); title: Appendix C: Documents; title: Two pamphlets on the Stamp Act debate (1765); title: Samuel Johnson, pamphlet, "Taxation no tyranny" (1775); title: Samuel Seabury, Letters of a Westchester farmer : the New York Loyalist position (1774-75); title: Thomas Paine, Common sense (excerpts, 1776); title: James Chalmers, Plain truth (the Loyalist response to Common sense, 1776).