Concluding+Questions


 * Instructions for concluding questions:**

A. Within your faction you will select or be assigned two questions. (Other members of your faction will responsible for other questions.)

B. Meet with students from other factions who are responsible for your same question.
 * Explain what you believe and what you know about the question.
 * Listen carefully to what others have to say.
 * Take notes as your group discusses the question.
 * As a group, decide on a comprehensive answer to the question.

C. Return to your original faction.
 * Lead a discussion on your questions. You are the expert in your faction on these questions.
 * Share as much information as possible with your other faction members.
 * Listen to the information that your faction members will share about other questions.
 * Take notes as your faction discusses all of the question.


 * Questions**
 * 1) What were the internal difficulties and disputes that the colonists had to overcome in order to make a united movement for independence?
 * 2) What were the "techniques of revolution" the colonists developed from 1763-1776? Could the independence movement have succeeded without these revolutionary techniques?
 * 3) What were the economic, social, and political reasons for colonial unrest? Which was most important in bringing about the revolution?
 * 4) What are the major political theories contained in the Declaration of Independence? Do they have any relevance today? Explain.
 * 5) Could you ever actively participate in a revolution? Why?
 * 6) When is revolution justified?