Colonial Unrest-O-Meter

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

Proclamation of 1763

Quatering

Act 1765

Stamp Act 176

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Townshend

Act 1767

Boston Massacre

1770

Boston Tea

Party 1773

Intolerable Acts 1774

First Continental

Congress 1774

Lexington and

Concord 1775

The Unrest-O-Meter

UnderstandingColonial Unrest

SWBAT• Given placards with short descriptions of

selected events and group discussion SWBAT:

1.Discuss events that turned proud British subjects of 1763 into rebellious Americans by 1775.

2.Rate the relative levels of “unrest” for each event

3.Choose five of the nine events to create a timeline with appropriate illustrations and descriptive sentences to summarize the information learned in this 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.

Group Work Activity

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.

Unrest-O-Meter Rating Criteria

• Discuss criteria to be used for ratings.

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.

Colonial Unrest-O-Meter

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EXAMPLE ONLY

Colonial Unrest-O-

Meter

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

Proclamation of 1763

Quatering Act 1765

Stamp Act 1765

Townshend Act 1767

Boston Massacre 1770

Boston Tea Party 1773

Intolerable Acts 1774

First Continental

Congress 1774

Lexington and Concord 1775

3.3 A Proclamation of 1763• The King said, To prevent wars

with the Indians, the land west of the Appalachians would be reserved for the Indians – no white settlement west of the mountains.

• Why?– $$$: The King did not want to

spend any more money fighting wars.

– $$$: He did not want to have to pay for soldiers.

– ???: He also may have felt that he was protecting the land rights of the Native Americans, they were now his subjects.

3.3 B The Quartering Act

Colonists were required to ensure British Soldiers were housed, fed, provided candles, beer, and transportation.

1. Colonists did not trust the presence of the soldiers – felt soldiers would be used to enforce laws. 2. Did not want to pay for expenses3. Did not believe “it was for their own good” believed the soldiers would be police enforcers4. Did not want soldiers in their homes because they did not trust them

3.3 C The Stamp Act

1765Stamp tax: 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 Stamp Act Congress, passing a resolution demanding GB repeal the Stamp Act. (Virginia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Georgia were not represented.) •Boycotts were put into place. •In Boston: Sam Adams organized “The Sons of Liberty”•John Adams called this the “birth of the revolution.”

3.3 D The Townshend Acts 1767

An Indirect, “hidden,” tax levied on finished products imported into the country

•Taxes raised the cost of the products.•Also allowed British seize and search American ships and warehouses suspected of smuggling goods•Colonists saw through the plan and again organized and boycotted British goods

3.3 E The Boston Massacre

• Date: 05 MAR 1770 • Description: British soldiers

fired on an unruly mob of Bostonians.

• Result: The British soldiers were put on trial. Defended by John Adams. The Incident used as propaganda by the Sons of Liberty.

• Propaganda are advertisements and letters used to inflame peoples opinions or sway their opinions (Paul Revere)

3.3F The Boston Tea Party

• 1773: British Parliament passed the Tea Act

• This gave the British East Indies company a monopoly.

• The irony of the boycott and “party” is that the tea was actually cheaper than before but the Bostonians would not buy it on the principle of it being taxed without their “representation.”

• Boston boycotted and then destroyed the tea.

3.3G The Intolerable Acts 1774

• Also called The Coercive Acts• The acts were passed to force

the colonist to pay for the destroyed tea.

• Boston Harbor was closed – by the English Navy

• The rallying cry, “If can be done to Boston . . .” it can happen anywhere. Was used to alert the other colonies to British oppression

3.3H The First Continental

Congress 1774• The colonies final begin to

unite! (12 of the 13, not Georgia)

• The colonial representatives endorsed resolutions to:

Denounce the Intolerable acts Form militias to resist the

enforcement of the acts And called on the colonies to

stop trade with GB

3.3 I Lexington and Concord• Date: April 19, 1775• British intentions: to capture stores of

ammunition and Sam Adams and John Hancock.

• The Lexington Militia stood their ground, a confrontation ensued, 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.

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