1.Are you for or against consumerism as outlined in chapter 4? (50 words #1-#5)

2. The mid to late Eighteenth century is known as the Enlightenment period. Many had grown tired of

the old order of running countries via monarchs and started to debate the idea of Republics running

governments instead. Men like John Locke (pictured in the slide with his famous essay Two Treatises on

Government) even began to argue that Revolution (no matter who it impacts, even the innocent) is a

necessary aspect of modern society at times. Do you agree or disagree with this idea?

3. Do you think that Ben Franklin's Albany Plan of Union (in which he called for all the colonies (minus

Georgia) to band together to fight the French alongside British troops in North America) was a good idea

or bad idea? Could it really have ever worked? Why or why not?

4. Do you think that King George III's Proclamation Line of 1763 (in which he ordered that no colonists

settle west of the Appalachian Mountains for fear of further Indian conflict) was a good idea or bad idea?

Certainly he knew it would tick off the colonists. Even men such as George Washington and Thomas

Jefferson were angry because they had a chance to make large amounts of money off of that newly

acquired land.

5. What do you think the best course of action was for the colonies in response to Pontiac's Rebellion?

6.In your scholarly opinion, how did print culture (described in chapter 4, section IV) most significantly