The Road to Revolution

Andrew Humphreys, Gabbi Papp,

Elliot Zackoski
NCSS Standards
2. Time, continuity, and change
10. Civic ideals and practices
PDE Standards
8.3.8.B: Evaluate the importance of historical
documents, artifacts and places critical to United
States history.

8.3.8.D: Examine how conflict and cooperation among
groups and organizations have impacted the growth and
development of the U.S.
Ethnicity and race
Working conditions
Immigration
Military conflict
Economic stability

Framework
Unit: American Revolution
Lesson 1 The Road to Revolution
Lesson 2- Declaring Independence
Lesson 3- The Revolutionary War Begins
Lesson 4- An American Victory
Lesson Overview
Tensions grew between Britain and America after Britain passed
a series of increasingly restrictive laws in the colonies. Colonists
responded by protesting the acts openly and taunting British
soldiers. News of British injustices spread rapidly throughout all
of the colonies. A meeting of the First Continental Congress
serves to unite the colonist against British control and prepare
for conflict. This conflict erupted at the Battles of Lexington and
Concord, signaling the start of the Revolutionary War.
Objectives
1. Given a vocabulary worksheet, students will be
able to define seven out of the eleven vocabulary
words.
2. Students will recite 3 facts about the Boston
Massacre given the readers theater script.
3. Students will be able to discuss the effects of the
Shot Heard Round the World in small group
discussion while citing two key ideas.
4. Students will fill out a timeline listing the events
along the road to revolution starting with the
Sugar Act and ending with the Battle of
Lexington and Concord with no error.

Revolutionary Vocabulary
1. Stamp Act
2. Quartering Act
3. Townshend Act
4. Boston Massacre
5. Tea Act
6. Imported
7. Boycott
8. Boston Tea Party
9. Intolerable Acts
10. First Continental Congress
11. Minutemen
British Impose Unfavorable Acts
o Proclamation of 1763- prevents westward
expansion
o Stamp Act (1765)- required a government tax
stamp on all legal documents
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Unfavorable Acts continued
o Quartering Act (1765)- colonists must provide
a living space for British soldiers stationed in
America
o Townshend Acts (1767)- tax on lead, paint,
paper, glass, and tea that were imported from
Britain

Quick Review
Lets go!
Hayden Rohrmiller

Which act placed a tax on newspaper,
journals, and all legal documents?
Stamp Act of 1765
Timeline Time !!!!
READERS THEATER TIME!!
Whats Your Role?
Rhett- First Narrator
Brian- Citizen 1
Andrew C.- Citizen 2
Alex C.- Lord George Greenville
Kayle- Second narrator
James- Citizen 3
Robert- Crispus Attucks
Kallie- Citizen 4
Lauren- Citizen 5

Kaitlyn- English Sentry
Kathryn- Citizen 6
William- Citizen 7
Hayden- Lord Charles Townshend
Paul- News Boy
Aaron- Citizen 8
Brittany- Richard Palmes
Garry- John Grey
Hilary- John Adams
Dr. Ruffini- Captain Thomas Preston

Boston Massacre (1770)
Five colonists die when British soldiers
open fire after being harassed by angry
colonists
Timeline
Time!!!
Quick Review
Lets Go!
Lauren Logan

What were the Townshend Acts?
A tax on all imported goods from England.
Quick Review
Lets Go!
Alex Choate

Which act forced colonists to house British
troops?
The Quartering Act of 1765
The Tea Act of 1773
The British government granted the East India
Company a monopoly on the importation and
sale of tea in the colonies.
Colonists refused and continued to boycott
imported tea.
Boycott: To refuse to buy or use a certain product

Boston Tea Party
When: December 16, 1773
What: Approx. 70 people disguised as
Native Americans boarded three ships in
and dumped the chests of boycotted tea
into the harbor
Why: Response to Tea Act

Timeline
Time !!!
Quick Review
Lets Go!
Hilary Strang

What was the Tea Act?
A law passed in 1773 designed to give the East
India trading company a monopoly on tea.
Timeline Time!!!
Review Video



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q3_51AD
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Those Pesky Acts!

The Intolerable Acts
Punishment for Boston Tea Party
Closed Boston Harbor
Bostonians had to house British troops
British officials could not be tried in colonial courts
Cartoon-The able doctor or America
swallowing the bitter draught

Revolutionary War-era political cartoon published in
the London Magazine, entitled "The able doctor; or
America swallowing the bitter draught." Depicts Lord
North, with the "Boston Port Bill" extending from a
pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the
throat of a partially draped Native female figure
representing "America," whose arms are restrained
by Lord Mansfield, while Lord Sandwich, a notorious
womanizer, restrains her feet and peeks up her skirt.
Britannia, standing behind "America", turns away
and shields her face with her left hand. Image
published: 1774.
Quick Review
Lets Go!
James Hanratty

What was the name of the acts designed to
punish the colonists in response to the Boston
Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
Timeline Time!!!
The First Continental Congress
Brought the colonies together
Issued the Declaration of Rights
Removed troops
Repealed Intolerable Acts
Created Minutemen


Quick Review
Lets Go!
Kallie Liendo

What did the First Continental Congress do?
Met In Philadelphia to unite the colonies, and
issued the Declaration of Rights.

Resentment Sparks a Revolution
Sounding the Alarm
- Paul Reveres midnight ride


Cooperative Learning Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLLg7l_rS
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Who fought there?
-Minutemen
-Red Coats
Why did they fight?

Who won the battle?
Last Timeline Point!!!
Quick Review
Lets Go!
Rhett Baker

Who were the minutemen?
Colonial soldiers who were ready to resist a
British attack at a minutes notice.
Five Points to Remember
1. Tension between the colonists and Britain were
caused by the passing of increasing restrictive laws
that penalized the colonists and required them to
pay taxes without representation in parliament.
2. The Boston Massacre occurred in April 1770 and
resulted in five colonist deaths at the hands of British
soldiers.
3. The Boston Tea Party that took place in December
of 1773 in which American colonists dumped cases
of imported tea into the Boston Harbor.
Continued
4. The First Continental Congress met in
Philadelphia in 1774 to unite the colonies
against Britain and organize boycotts of British
goods. It was the first time the colonists were
brought together as Americans.
5. The Battles of Lexington and Concord signal
the start of Americas Revolutionary War.

Preview for Tomorrow
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