If after preparing for the essay, you want further extra credit, view the following podcast The American Revolution
To earn the additional extra credit (up to an additional 15% extra credit toward the next unit exam) be sure to address the following sections within the context of your essay:
The state of affairs in the aftermath of the Seven Years War (aka French & Indian War)
The various ways the British government attempted to increase their tax revenues from the North American colonies, and the resulting resistance from some of the colonists
A look at the average, grassroots insurgents, including who they were and what motivated them
The little-known False Alarm incident of September 1774, in which a rumor spread throughout the northeastern colonies that the British Navy had destroyed Boston, and the resulting spontaneous mobilization of thousands of New Englanders to get revenge, which was aborted when the rumor proved false, but which showed how quickly ordinary people could and would mobilize