Task List for Wednesday, October 2nd
- Entrance: Grab an Exit Ticket, Homework Packet, ISN, and Spiral
- Preparation: Fill out the exit ticket
- Video: Intro to the French and Indian War
- Instruction: Vocabulary
- Activity: Preview and Section 1
- Exit: Complete Exit Ticket and drop it off in the cluster basket.
Towards Independence
Vocabulary
• Militia - a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency
• Tyranny - the unjust use of government power. A ruler who uses power in this way is called a tyrant.
Vocabulary
• Repeal - to take back, or to cancel, a law
• Boycott - to refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source. An organized refusal by many people is also called a boycott.
Preview
• Read the Introduction on pg 87.
• Use the text and images to help you propose some possible answers to the Essential Question in your spiral notebook:
• Why was there an American Revolution?
Reading
•Read Section 1 (Pg 88 – 89) individually (15 min)
• If you finish, work on ISN (pg 43) Section 1
• Talk with your group • 1 thing you noticed • 1 thing you would like to know more about
•Nominate someone to speak for the group
• The speaker will share 1 thing they noticed• If the idea has already been shared, share another idea
Preview
• How might a Patriot view this scene? How might a Loyalist view it?
• What could have happened to cause the colonists to be so divided about England?
Task List for Thursday, October 3rd
- Entrance: Grab an Exit Ticket
- Preparation: Fill out the exit ticket
- Instruction: Town Hall Activity
- Activity: Get to know your dude..
- Exit: Complete Exit Ticket and drop it off in the cluster basket.
Activity
• You are going to participate in colonial town meetings as historical figures from the Revolutionary era deciding whether to rebel against the British government. You will receive a Role Card that describes the figure your group will portray.
Activity
• Each group has a point of view on the Revolution:
Activity
• Introduce your historical figure by following these steps:
• Step 1: Read your Role Card together and highlight key information you will present.
• Step 2: Prepare a short introduction of your figure by completing these statements.
• Step 3: When called upon, have one group member stand and present your historical figure to the class.
Activity
• Read Section 2, Early British Actions in the Colonies, and complete the Reading Notes for this section in your Interactive Student Notebook.
Task List for Monday, October 7th
- Entrance: Grab an Exit Ticket, ISN
- Preparation: Fill out the exit ticket
- Instruction: Town Hall Meeting 1
- Activity: Town Hall Meeting 1
- Exit: Complete Exit Ticket and drop it off in the cluster basket.
Town Hall Meeting #1
• The year is 1767. Since the end of the French and Indian War, the British government has taken many controversial actions in the colonies.
• Now the colonists have come together to decide whether to rebel against the British government.
• During the next four town meetings, you will try to persuade everyone to join your side!
• Hint: Loyalists and Patriots should focus especially on Neutralists.
Town Hall Meeting #1
• Follow these steps to prepare for the meeting:
• Evaluate the actions of the British by completing these sentences:
• The Proclamation of 1763 is fair/unfair because...
• The Stamp Act was fair/unfair because...
• The Quartering Act is fair/unfair because...
• Should you and your fellow colonists comply with, oppose, or rebel against the British government at this time?
• Prepare a spokesperson to answer this question: At this time, should American colonists rebel against the British? If not, what should we do?
Town Hall Meeting #1
• Follow these steps to conduct the meeting:
• The first spokesperson stands and reminds the meeting of their name and allegiance: Patriot, Neutralist, or Loyalist.
• The spokesperson presents his/her position on this question: At this time, should American colonists rebel against the British? If not, what should we do?
• The spokesperson defends his/her position when other colonists comment on it.
• The spokesperson selects a spokesperson from another group to present.
Town Hall Meeting #1
• Read Section 3, The Townshend Acts, and complete the Reading Notes for this section in your notebook.
• Read Section 4, The Boston Massacre, and complete the Reading Notes for this section in your notebook.
Task List for Tuesday, October 8th
- Entrance: Grab an Exit Ticket, ISN
- Preparation: Fill out the exit ticket
- Instruction: Town Hall Meeting 2
- Activity: Town Hall Meeting 2
- Exit: Complete Exit Ticket and drop it off in the cluster basket.
Town Hall Meeting #2
• Follow these steps to prepare for the meeting:• In your group, evaluate the actions of the British by completing these
sentences:• The Townshend Acts were fair/unfair and their repeal is fair/unfair because...• The Boston Massacre was/was not justified because...
• Should you and your fellow colonists comply with, oppose, or rebel against the British government at this time?
• Historical Note: It is now 1770 and the British have continued to enact controversial laws, and a tragic event has taken place in Boston.
• Prepare a new spokesperson to answer this question: At this time, should American colonists rebel against the British? If not, what should we do?
Town Hall Meeting #2
• Follow these steps to conduct the meeting:
• The first spokesperson stands and reminds the meeting of their name and allegiance: Patriot, Neutralist, or Loyalist.
• The spokesperson presents his/her position on this question: At this time, should American colonists rebel against the British? If not, what should we do?
• The spokesperson defends his/her position when other colonists comment on it.
• The spokesperson selects a spokesperson from another group to present.
Town Hall Meeting #2
• Read Sections 5 and 6, The Boston Tea Party, and complete the Reading Notes for this section in your notebook.
Task List for Wednesday, October 9th
- Entrance: Grab an Exit Ticket, ISN
- Preparation: Fill out the exit ticket
- Instruction: Town Hall Meeting 3
- Activity: Town Hall Meeting 3
- Exit: Complete Exit Ticket and drop it off in the cluster basket.
Town Hall Meeting #3
• In your group, evaluate the actions of the British by completing these sentences:• We believe the Tea Act is fair/unfair because...• We believe the Intolerable Acts are fair/unfair
because...
• Should you and your fellow colonists comply with, oppose, or rebel against the British government at this time?• Historical Note: The year is now 1774
and tensions between the colonists and the British have increased dramatically.
• Prepare a new spokesperson to answer this question: At this time, should American colonists rebel against the British? If not, what should we do?
Town Hall Meeting #3
• Follow these steps to conduct the meeting:
• The first spokesperson stands and reminds the meeting of their name and allegiance: Patriot, Neutralist, or Loyalist.
• The spokesperson presents his/her position on this question: At this time, should American colonists rebel against the British? If not, what should we do?
• The spokesperson defends his/her position when other colonists comment on it.
• The spokesperson selects a spokesperson from another group to present.
Town Hall Meeting #3
• Read Section 7, Lexington and Concord, and complete the Reading Notes for this section in your notebook.
Task List for Thursday, October 10th
- Entrance: Grab an Exit Ticket, ISN
- Preparation: Fill out the exit ticket
- Instruction: Town Hall Meeting 4
- Activity: Town Hall Meeting 4, Review
- Exit: Complete Exit Ticket and drop it off in the cluster basket.
Town Hall Meeting #4
• In your group, evaluate the actions of the British by completing these sentences:• The battles at Lexington and Concord were/were
not justified because...
• Should you and your fellow colonists comply with, oppose, or rebel against the British government at this time?• Historical Note: It is late April 1775 and
the conflicts between the colonists and the British government have reached a crisis point.
• Prepare a spokesperson to answer this question: At this time, should American colonists rebel against the British? If not, what should we do?
Town Hall Meeting #4
• Follow these steps to conduct the meeting:
• The first spokesperson stands and reminds the meeting of their name and allegiance: Patriot, Neutralist, or Loyalist.
• The spokesperson presents his/her position on this question: At this time, should American colonists rebel against the British? If not, what should we do?
• The spokesperson defends his/her position when other colonists comment on it.
• The spokesperson selects a spokesperson from another group to present.
Town Hall Meeting Review
• Discuss these questions as a class:• Did your historical figure’s opinion change over the course of the town
meetings? Explain.
• Did you agree with your historical figure’s opinion throughout this activity? Why or why not?
• Think back to the memo about paying for copies. How were some of the events that took place between 1763 and 1775 in the American colonies similar to your experience in class?
• In general, when is it necessary for citizens to rebel against their government?
Before 1763
• For more than a century, the British government left the colonies alone to govern themselves by electing their own assemblies.
• The French and Indian War was a fight between France and Great Britain over territory and power. George Washington led a militia in this war.
• Great Britain won and got all of Canada. However, Britain also had a lot of debt from the war.
The Proclamation of 1763
• In his Proclamation of 1763, The British drew a line down the crest of the Appalachian Mountains and tell settlers to stay east of that line and Indians to stay west of it.
• To Americans, the king's order suggested tyranny, or the unjust use of government power
The Stamp Act and Quartering Act
• The British passed the Stamp Act, which required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used.
• The colonies had no representatives in Parliament for this was taxation without representation.
• After months of protest, Parliament repealed, or canceled, the Stamp Act.
• Another law, the Quartering Act, ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with housing and food. The colonists protested this as well.
The Townshend Acts
• The Townshend Acts placed a tax, on certain goods the colonies imported from Great Britain, including such popular items as glass, paint, paper, and tea.
• The colonies decided to boycott British goods in order to protect their rights.
• Parliament repealed all of the Townshend duties, except for one — the tax on tea.
The Boston Massacre
• On March 5, 1770, a noisy mob began throwing rocks and ice balls at troops guarding the Boston Customs House. They were trying to get the soldiers to fire.
• As the mob pressed forward, the troops, in a panic, opened fire. The bullets hit several people in the crowd. Five Bostonians were dead and others in the crowd were injured.
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
• The Tea Act lowered the cost of tea that was sold by the British East India Company in the colonies. As a result, even taxed British tea became cheaper than smuggled Dutch tea.
• In protest, The Sons of Liberty dumped about 90,000 pounds of tea into the sea that night, leaving everything else aboard the ship untouched.
The Intolerable Acts
• The first law closed Boston Harbor to all shipping until the ruined tea was paid for.
• The second law stopped the Colonists in Massachusetts from holding a town meeting without the colonial governor's permission.
• The third law said that British soldiers who were accused of murder would be tried in England, not in the colonies.
• Colonists in other cities showed their support by closing their shops, or by sending food and money to Boston so that its citizens would not starve.
Lexington and Concord
• The general ordered 700 of his best troops to march to Concord and seize the weapons.
• American spies warned the patriots at Lexington.
• As the Minutemen faced the British troops, a shot rang out. Without orders, the soldiers rushed forward, shooting wildly. When the fighting stopped, 8 colonists lay dead.
• Another battle was fought at Concord after the British were burning the town to try and find the weapons
Review
• Before 1763 During the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Great Britain and France fought for territory and power in North America. When the war ended, France gave up Canada to Great Britain, which now had a much larger American empire to control.
Review
• Early British Actions in the Colonies The French and Indian War left Great Britain with huge debts. To raise money, Parliament decided to pass along the war costs to the Americans. To do this Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765. Colonists protested the Stamp Act because it was passed without colonial representation. Colonists also protested the Quartering Act, which required them to house British troops at the colonies' expense.
Review
• The Townshend Acts and the Boston Massacre The Townshend Acts imposed more taxes on the colonies, which divided many colonists into opposing camps. Loyalists urged obedience to Great Britain, but Patriots resisted “taxation without representation” through protests, boycotts, and riots. Tensions in Boston erupted into violence in 1770 when British troops fired into a crowd of colonists in what became known as the Boston Massacre.
Review
• The Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts When Patriots protested a new tax on tea by throwing tea into Boston Harbor in 1773, Great Britain responded by passing the Intolerable Acts to force the colonies to give in to British authority. Patriots responded by forming the First Continental Congress and organizing colonial militias.
Review
• Lexington and Concord Fighting between Patriots and British troops at Lexington and Concord in 1775 showed that colonists would not only fight for their rights, but were willing to die for them.
