Understanding Colonial Unrest

1. UnderstandingColonial Unrest The Unrest-O-Meter

2. SWBAT Given placards with short descriptions of selected events and group discussion student will be able to: • Discuss events that turned proud British subjects of 1763 into rebellious Americans by 1775. • Fill in a information capture sheet and evaluate/rate the relative levels of “unrest” for each event

3. 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 a rationale for each event through discussion and consensus. • Finally, arriving at a class consensus in rating each event.

4. Unrest-O-Meter Process • Divide into groups no greater than four or five. • Placards will be passed from group to group at Mr. L’s direction (no rushing! 5 – 7 minutes ea.). • Locate the event on the matrix (the letter after the 3.3_ ) • One group member reads the placard to the rest of the group. The group summarizes. • Group discussion to reach consensus on that event’s outcome, causes, and rating. • When directed, pass placard clockwise (from a top looking down position). • When all nine events have been discussed, adjust your meter to show no more than 36 blocks.

5. Unrest-O-Meter Rating Criteria • Discuss criteria to be used for ratings.

6. Class Consensus • Groups summarize events while Mr. L marks Unrest-O-Meter. No discussion of rating, only clarification of event. • After all nine events are placed, class consensus to arrive at 36 rating blocks. EXAMPLE ONLY

8. A) Proclamation of 1763 • The King said: To prevent wars with the _______, the land west of the _______________ would be reserved for the Indians – no colonial settlement west of the mountains. • Why? • $$$: The King did not want to ________________________________________________. • $$$: He did not want to ________________________. • ???: He also may have felt that he was protecting the land rights of the Native Americans, they were now his subjects through treaties.

9. B) The Quartering Act Colonists were required to ensure British Soldiers were ______________________ __________________________________________________________________. • Colonists did not trust the presence of the soldiers – felt soldiers would be used to enforce laws. • They did not want to pay ___________ expenses • They did not believe “it was for their own good” believed the soldiers ________ ________________________________ • Did not want soldiers in their homes because they did not ____________

10. C) The Stamp Act 1765 Stamp tax: __________________ 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: Sam Adams organized “______ ____________________________________” • John Adams called this the “___________ ____________________________________.”

11. D) The Townshend Acts 1767 An Indirect, “hidden,” tax levied on finished products __________ into the country – proposed by British Parliament cabinet member Charles Townshend • Taxes raised the _______ of the products. • Acts also allowed British to ____ _____________ American ships and warehouses suspected of ___________ goods • Colonists saw through the plan and again _________________ ______________ British goods

12. E) The Boston Massacre • Date: 05 MAR 1770 • Description: ________________ fired on an unruly __________ of Bostonians. • Result: The British soldiers were put on trial. Defended by _______________. The Incident was used as _____________ by the Sons of Liberty. • ___________ are advertisements and letters used to inflame or sway peoples opinions • __________ ____________ printed this poster and made sure they were posted around Boston

13. 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 _________ than before, but the Bostonians would not buy it on the principle of it being taxed without their “_____________.” • Boston boycotted and then destroyed the tea.

14. G) The Intolerable Acts 1774 • Also called ________________ • The acts were passed to force the colonist to pay for the ________________. • ______________ was closed by the English Navy • The rallying cry, “If it can be done to Boston . . . it can ____________________.” • The rallying cry was used to alert the other colonies to ____________________

15. H) The First Continental Congress 1774 • The colonies finally begin to ______! (12 of the 13, not Georgia) • The colonial representatives endorsed resolutions to: • ___________ the Intolerable acts • Form ________ to resist the enforcement of the acts • And called on the colonies to ____________ with GB

16. I) Lexington and Concord The shot heard ‘round the world!

17. Lexington and Concord • Date: April 19, 1775 • Considered the ________________________ • British intentions: to capture stores of _________ and Sons of Liberty leaders: ____________ ______________________. • The Lexington Militia stood their ground, a confrontation ensued, and it sparked the day’s conflagration. • Before returning to Boston . . . • 73 British solders were dead & 174 were wounded. • 49 patriots were killed, 39 more were wounded.

18. 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