Transcript Lead up to Revolution - Unrest-o-Meter

Understanding
Colonial Unrest
Colonial
UnrestO-Meter
The UnrestO-Meter
Procl
amati
on of
1763
Quat
ering
Act
1765
Sta
mp
Act
176
5
Towns
hend
Act
1767
Boston
Massacre
1770
Boston
Tea
Party
1773
Intoler
able
Acts
1774
First
Continenta
l Congress
1774
Lexington
and
Concord
1775
SWBAT
Given placards with short descriptions of selected
events and group discussion, students will be able
to:
1. Discuss events that turned proud British subjects
of 1763 into rebellious Americans by 1775.
2. Fill in a information capture sheet and
evaluate/rate the relative levels of “unrest” for
each event
3. Outline the events leading up to Revolution
4. Discuss the importance of representation in the
conflict over taxation
Pre-Revolutionary America…
• The period of 1764 to
1775 saw an increase in
conflict between the
colonists and leadership
in Great Britain
• British __________
needed to raise money to
pay for the French and
Indian War, so they
______ _________
against the colonists in a
number of ways.
Whispers of Rebellion
• Parliament's actions upset
many of the colonists who
had grown used to being
independent, especially
during the ___________
_______________
• Many colonists believed
these taxes hurt business
and that Britain had no right
to tax them without their
_________ or permission
Colonists Organize Protests
• Local leaders in places like
________ believed that
____________________
______________ was
wrong, but they had little
political influence
• These leaders created
__________________
___________which worked
to unite the colonies on this
issue
• Their weapons were
protests and _________
Group Work Activity
Explain how proud British subjects of 1763 became
rebellious Americans by 1775 by discussing 9 events
leading up to the American Revolution.
Rate the relative levels of “unrest” each event causes.
This will be done by:
• Learning about and analyzing nine events between
1763 and 1775.
• Completing a Matrix summarizing each event.
• Rating and providing rationale for each event
through discussion and consensus.
• Finally, arriving at a class consensus in rating each
event.
A) Proclamation of 1763
• The King said: To prevent wars
with the Indians, the land west of
the _______________ would be
reserved for the Indians –
___________________________
___________________________
Why?
– $$$: The King did not want to
spend any more _________
fighting wars.
– $$$: He did not want to have
to pay for ____________
– ???: He also may have felt
that he was protecting the land
rights of the ______________,
they were now his subjects
through treaties.
B) The Quartering Act
Colonists were required to ensure
______________ were housed, fed,
provided candles, beer, and
transportation.
1. Colonists did not trust the presence of
the soldiers – felt soldiers would be
used to _________ laws.
2. Did not want to pay for expenses
3. Did not believe “_________________
______________” believed the
soldiers would be “police enforcers”
C) The Stamp Act 1765
___________: Printed materials were to be
taxed. The Stamp was applied to show the
tax was paid. Items to be taxed: newspapers,
pamphlets, marriage licenses, playing cards.
• Outcome: 9 colonies sent representatives
to the _________________, passing a
resolution demanding GB repeal the
Stamp Act. (Virginia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and
Georgia were not represented.)
• __________ were put into place.
• In Boston: __________ organized
_________________________________
• John Adams called this the “__________
_____________________________.”
D) The Townshend Acts 1767
An indirect, “________,” tax levied
on finished products imported into
the country– proposed by British
Parliament cabinet member ______
_____________
• Taxes raised the cost of the
__________.
• The Acts also allowed British to
_________________ American
ships and warehouses suspected
of ____________ goods
• Colonists saw through the plan.
They again organized and
_________ British goods
E) The Boston
Massacre
• Date: March 5, 1770
• Description: __________ soldiers
fired on an unruly mob of
__________.
• Result: The British soldiers were
put on trial. Defended by ______
______. The Incident was used as
____________ by the _________
___________to increase colonial
outrage
• Propaganda are advertisements
and letters used to __________
________ or sway their opinions
• ______________ – drew, printed,
and helped pass out the leaflets
F) The Boston Tea
Party
• 1773: British Parliament
passed the _________
• This gave the British East
Indies company a _________.
• The irony of the boycott and
“party” is that the tea was
actually cheaper than before,
but the Bostonians would not
buy it because it was being
________________________
______________________
• Boston
boycotted and
then _________
the tea.
G) The Intolerable Acts
1774
• Also called ________________
• The acts were passed to force
the colonist to pay for the
______________.
• _____________ was closed –
by the ________________
• The rallying cry: “If it can be
done to ________. . . it can
happen __________.”
• The rallying cry was used to
alert the other colonies to
______________________
H) The First
Continental
Congress 1774
• The colonies finally
begin to ______!
• 12 of the 13, not
Georgia
• The colonial
_______________
endorsed resolutions to:
Denounce the ____________________
____________to resist the enforcement of the
acts, gather __________ and _______________
And called on the colonies to ________ with GB
I) Lexington and Concord
The shot heard ‘round the world!
Lexington and Concord
• Date: April 19, 1775
• Considered the starting point of the _____________
______________
• British intended to capture stores of ammunition
and _______________ leaders: _____________
_____________
• The Lexington Militia _________________. A
confrontation ensued, and sparked the day’s
conflagration (battles).
• Before returning to Boston . . .
 73 British solders were dead & 174 were wounded.
 49 patriots were killed, 39 more were wounded.
What follows?
In the next unit we will discuss:
• The forming of the Second
Continental Congress
• The drafting of the Declaration
of Independence
• The forming of the Continental
Army under the leadership of
George Washington
• And the early battles of the
American Revolution – also
know as the War for
Independence