Day 22: The Road to RevolutionBaltimore Polytechnic Institute

September 25, 2013A/A.P. U.S. History

Mr. Green

Objective: Students will evaluate the decision by Britain to tax the American colonies after 1763 by describing the responses of both the British and the American colonists.

Examining the Road to Revolution

1. These new regulations were a light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint and tea.

2. This was formed with 27 delegates from nine colonies in New York City in 1765.

3. Crispus Attucks, who some say was the first casualty of the American Revolution, died during this event.

4. These were formed to spread the spirit of resistance by exchanging letters to keep alive opposition to British policy.

5. Identify 3 acts within the hated “Intolerable Acts”

Quiz: Warm-up

Make an argument for the most significant action of the British Parliament that helped fuel the antagonisms of the American colonists

Guided Practice-Taxes

British East India CompanyComplete monopoly of American tea businessBoston Tea Party

symbolic rallying cry for the nation-why?British reaction

Home rule or intolerable ActsClosed Boston Harborrestrictions on town meetingsenforcing officials indicted for murder of colonists tried in BritainQuartering ActQuebec Actexpanded Catholic jurisdiction into an area earmarked for Protestantism

Tea Brewing in Boston

1st Continental Congress-1774Declaration of rights-John Adams persuades

for revolution over home ruleThe Association-complete boycott of British

goodsParliament rejected Congress’s petitionsLexington and Concord

Britain wanted to seize gunpowder and stop the rebels

Bloodshed

Professional armyPaid MercenariesBritish TreasuryAmerican LoyalistsNative AmericansOppressed IrelandFranceFamilySecond-rate generals/poor food DistancePhysical featuresTraded space for time

Imperial Strengths and Weaknesses

Leadership-George Washington/Ben FranklinForeign Aid-from FranceDefensive FightSelf-sustainingMoral advantage/just causeJealousyEconomic difficulties/inflation

American Pluses and Minuses

Students will identify the critical events of the 1760s by completing the 1760s decade chart

Closing/Exit Ticket

Read Chapter 7Begin research for Great DebateResumes due on Monday

Homework