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Tuesday, November 4 th

Explore civil disobedience in 1765 America, reflecting on the impact of British laws and the uprising of colonists. Learn from historic examples and modern movements like Occupy Wall Street.

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Tuesday, November 4 th

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  1. Tuesday, November 4th OBJECTIVE DO FIRST Journal Entry- You are a colonist in America in 1765. Two new laws have passed by England without your representative input in Parliament! How do you feel? What are you going to do to show King George he is wrong? • You will be able to define and evaluate examples of civil disobedience.

  2. What is Civil Disobedience? • In 2013, America witnessed one of the largest continuous acts of “civil disobedience” in our history. This was known as the Occupy Wall Street movement. • Use what you see in the video to come up with examples of “civil disobedience.” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvwHydvIjk

  3. Today’s Notes: Civil Disobedience • As we talk about “civil disobedience,” we will look at different examples where colonists used civil disobedience and other examples where colonists resorted to using violence! • Fill in the information as we discuss 

  4. Civil Disobedience: Definition! • Civil Disobedience: the refusal to obey certain laws through peaceful (non-violent) political protest. • Think-Write-Pair-Share: List as many examples of “civil disobedience” you can think up—remember, they have to be nonviolent!

  5. Check your Understanding! • Give me a “thumbs up” if the example IS an act of civil disobedience. Give me a “DkembeMutumbo” if the example is NOT an act of civil disobedience: • Boycotting (refusing to buy) goods from a company who is abusing their workers. • Throwing rocks a police officer who tries to arrest you at a protest. • Chaining yourself to a tree to prevent it from getting cut down. • Setting a government office on fire because you don’t like a new law that has been passed.

  6. Historic Example #1 • When the British Parliament enforced the Stamp Act on the colonies, many American colonists started to boycott—or refuse to buy—British goods

  7. Historic Example #1 • Samuel Adams, who created an organization of patriots (Americans who were against British tyranny) known as the Sons of Liberty, organized a series of protests.

  8. Historic Example #1 • The patriots of New York City gathered together and formed the Stamp Act Congress, which sent petitions, or letters, to the Parliament and King, asking them to repeal (take away) these new taxes. • The Stamp Act Congress argued that the British had no right to pass new taxes without their consent (permission) and without any representation in Parliament.

  9. Check your Understanding • Check the appropriate box to determine whether or not each example is an act of civil disobedience! • Explain your answers in one sentence!

  10. Historical Example #2 • As we watch the video clip on the Boston Massacre, answer the following questions: • How many people died in the Boston massacre? • Was this really a “massacre”? (2 quality sentences) • Why do you think the American colonists call it a massacre? (2 quality sentences)

  11. Historical Example #2 • As protests continued in the colonies, over 4,000 British soldiers were sent to the colonies to control the rebellious Americans. • By 1770, one fourth of the entire population of Boston was made up of British troops. American colonists, angered by the presence of so many soldiers, harassed (bothered) the soldiers as they patrolled the streets and threw snowballs at them. • By accident, the soldiers fired and several colonistswere killed.

  12. Historical Example #2 • Crispus Attucks, a man of mixed Native American and African ancestry, was the first colonist killed in this incident. • John Adams, the cousin of Samuel Adams, defended the British soldiers in court, saying they were acting in self-defense, but the angry American patriots began calling this event the “Boston Massacre.”

  13. Check your Understanding • Was this an example of civil disobedience? • YES • NO • Is the picture of the Boston Massacre created by Paul Revere an accurate representation of what happened?

  14. Historic Example #3: The Boston Tea Party • In response to these colonial protests and incidents of violence, the British repealed (cancelled) all of the new taxes except for the tax on tea. • In the evening of December 1773, a group of colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded three British ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 45 tons of tea into the ocean.

  15. Video Clip Notes As we watch the video clip from America the Story of Us, answer the questions in your notes! Boston Tea Party: • Why did colonists want to destroy the tea on the ships? • How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?

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