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Essential Question : What were the important causes & effects of the American Revolution? Warm-Up Question : What provisions should be included in the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War in 1783?. Preserving Independence.
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Essential Question: • What were the important causes & effects of the American Revolution? • Warm-Up Question: • What provisions should be included in the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War in 1783?
Preserving Independence • After 176 years of British rule, the American Revolution began the construction of a new form of gov’t • But...will the new United States be a government of the elite or of the people? • To what degree will this American Revolution amount to a “social” revolution?
American Revolution “WhatIfs” • For each “What If?” question, make as many predictions as possible about how American history might have been different • Groups will receive 1 point for each “plausible” alternate “if” • The winning group earns 105, others earn 100, 95, 90, 85…
What If…The British had strictly controlled the colonies & never adopted “Salutary Neglect”?
What If…George Grenville (author of the Sugar & Stamp Acts) had not been appointed Chief Minister?
What If…The Massachusetts colonial assembly had not sent the Circular Letter in response to the Townshend Acts ?
What If…The British East India Company were not in financial ruin?
What If…The British arrested Sam Adams & John Hancock in Lexington as planned?
What If…George Washington wasn’t appointed to head the Continental Army & militias fought the British alone?
What If…The Americans had accepted the British peace offering in 1777?
What If…The French had demanded Louisiana & Canada from the British after the American Revolution?
American Revolution “What Now?” • Rather than “what if,” each of the following responses will require a “what now” response: • Make a rational prediction as to the future of the United States
What Now…The Declaration of Independence proclaimed “all men are created equal”