AQA AS HISTORY The Birth of the USA, 1760–1801 Component 2G The origins of the American
Revolution, 1760–1776 QP MAY 2023
AS
HISTORY
The Birth of the USA, 1760–1801
Component 2G The origins of the American Revolution, 1760–1776
Tuesday 23 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is
7041/2G.
• Answer two questions.
In Section A answer Question 01.
In Section B answer either Question 02 or Question 03.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 50.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
• You are advised to spend about:
– 50 minutes on Section A – 40
minutes on Section B.
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Section A
Answer Question 01.
Source A
From the personal diary of Thomas Hutchinson, 1763. Hutchinson was the last royal
governor of Massachusetts.
Victory over the French has led to many Americans questioning the wisdom of Britain in
keeping Canada. Some enterprising Americans have examined how far the separation
of Canada from France was wise and practicable. Their objections are based on the
reasoning that choosing to separate Canada from France would in time lead some
Americans to think more favorably about the separation of the British colonies from the
mother country and independence. 5
This is now leading men to consider and pay greater attention than before, to the colonial
relationship with England, and regard advantages enjoyed by the English, which are not
enjoyed in the colonies, as unfair.
Source B
From a sermon at Salem Church, Massachusetts, by Reverend Thomas Barnard,
25 May 1763. This was delivered to leading officials appointed by the Governor.
America has a promising future. We are now safe from the Native Americans. We are
freed from our enemies, have escaped oppression, and will no longer suffer cruelties at
the hands of the French. As we remember the years before the war, we can now sing
‘The trap is broken, and we are free from the French’.
We can look forward to a period of enjoyment of the liberties that the British won for us
with the sacrifice of their lives, their treasure, their blood. We can look forward to peace 5
and freedom. We must thank our mother Britain, who rescued and protected us. We
must forever serve and honor our mother Britain with all our duty, love, and gratitude.
0 1 With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, which
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