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Quiz on FridayPart 5 of Boston Massacre – Due Friday

Journal #6

Please read the new district policies proposed and write a half page in your journal about what you think of it.

TODAY’S GOAL – TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY LOOKING AT KEY EVENTS

AGENDA:

REVIEW HOMEWORKSHORT MOVIE CLIPLOOK AT FINAL EVENTS LEADING TO THE REVOLUTION

Road to Revolution (Part II)

Homework Review!

Please trade with the person next to youTake a few minutes to read over what they

wrote.Underline 5 key ideas, good insights, major

topics that they answer.Rate that persons homework assignment

Were they thorough? Did they answer in complete sentences? Were the answers correct?

Boston Massacre – In Review

Mercantilist Rule #1

A Colony exists for the benefit of the Mother Country.

Examples of This Policy

The Sugar ActThe Navigation ActThe Townshend ActsThe Tea Acts

The Tea Act and The Boston Tea Party

Tea Act – Designed to save British East Indian Co.

Objections by Colonists =

Tea Party – Dec. 16th. 1773 90,000 Pounds of Tea Destroyed

The Coercive/Intolerable Acts

Response after colonist’s refusal to payClose Down Boston Harbor, Justice Act,

Quartering Act “The cause of Boston now

is and ever will be the cause of America”. George Washington

King George III – “The time has come for compulsion”

The First Continental Congress

September 1774Make military preparationsCut off trade with England

British View of Americans

A society of patriotic ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina. This British cartoon satirized the American colonists from Edenton, North Carolina, who pledged to boycott English tea in response to the Continental Congress resolution Edenton Proclamation, 1774. Image published: 1775.

American Perspective

JOURNAL 6 – PART B

In a good solid paragraph or two explain what caused the Revolutionary War. Make sure to include key events Think about things that caused the relationship to

deteriorate, caused resentment, or were used as justification for war.

Friday

Today’s Agenda –

1) Quiz2) “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”2) Lexington and Concord

Note: I will not be here on Tuesday Next Week

Patrick Henry – “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”

http://www.history.org/almanack/life/politics/giveme.cfm

Lexington and Concord Assignment

Read Pages 108-109In your journal create a four frame comic that

recounts what you read about the Battle in the reading. Frame one – sets up the battle (talks about the

circumstances surrounding event Frames two and three – the battle itself Frame four – Results of battle, conclusion

Please define the following: Thomas Gage, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine