Honors U.S. History

1. Honors U.S. History • SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution. • a. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution. • b. Explain colonial response to such British actions as the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in Sons and Daughters of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence. Schedule: • Review Revolutionary causes and add information to timeline and notes. • Analyze engraving of Boston Massacre • Introduce Timeline Interview/Pamphleteer

6. Colonist/Crown Revolution Timeline Interview/PamphleteerSSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution. a. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution. b. Explain colonial response to such British actions as the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in Sons and Daughters of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence. • You will either create an interview/pamphlet/poster from the POV of a colonist or a loyalist • Your product must include questions/statements to prove your ideas. These ideas must be a blend of facts and biased ideas to persuade your reader to your position. The following items/ideas must be included in your product: • -Treaty of Paris 1763(how would this make colonists both opponents and loyalists feel) • - Reaction to the Boston Massacre (events leading to, incident, trial, Paul Revere painting) • - Reaction to direct and indirect taxing systems (notes, book, timeline sheet) • - Anticipate/ prove how laws and social bias would lead to either a growth of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty or to a change in parliamentary law (progressive laws, change in tactics to control colonists)