PAGE 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHRPY1aBPug&list=PLuo7R7EWFwyskX_ymvwednDTgaFjCLmUa&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFkq9oXcX48&list=PLuo7R7EWFwyskX_ymvwednDTgaFjCLmUa&index=3 Please watch both videos (in total, the videos run about 1 hour and 40 minutes but next week’s module will be much shorter). Then, please answer the following in short answer format (3-4 sentences): 1. Based on the your understanding of the film, do you agree with the following assertion: ‘the development of a set of intellectual assumptions in the colonies regarding liberty, equality, etc., was more important than changes in British imperial policy’? 2. How important was the ‘media’ and spread in information to the protest movement that emerged in the late 1760s? 3. Does the film’s depiction of Benjamin Franklin confirm or challenge the documentary from previous depictions of Benjamin Franklin? 4. Can the Boston Tea Party be viewed as the ‘final provocation’ in the break between the Americans and British? 5.. How did Thomas Paine’s Common Sense impact the American consciousness regarding their relationship with the British? 6. At what point, do the colonies become ‘united’? Explain your answer. PAGE 2 Boss Tweed – Thomas Nast – YouTube Please answer the following in short answer format (2-3 sentences each) after watching the clip on Tammany, listening to the podcast and reading Plunkitt: 1. Why would reformers be concerned about the activities of Tammany Hall? Why would the working class potentially support Tammany Hall? 2. How central was immigrant support toward Tammany Hall in terms of both the political activity and the criticism toward this activity? 3. Answer ONE review question from the Plunkitt document AND explain whether you agree or disagree that ‘honest graft’ was essential to a functional government.
