AGENDA: SEPT 28 – OCT 2
American Revolution - Continued
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
WORD OF THE DAY:
WARM UP:
• Revolution-a change in
political organization To
overthrow the government
Create a timeline of events:
• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Boston Tea Party
• Intolerable Acts
PERSON OF THE WEEK
DUE: FRIDAY OCT. 2ND
THOMAS
JEFFERSON
•We Will: identify causes of the American
Revolution
•I Will: summarize the cause that would
make me the angriest as a colonist
ACTIVITY/NOTES
• Complete Causes of the Revolution on
BOK pg. 23-24
MERCANTILISM (AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM)
• System by which a nation increases its wealth
and power by obtaining gold and silver from its
colonies.
• The colonies become a source of raw materials
for the mother country.
• The colonies also are expected to be the
purchasers of manufactured goods from the
mother country.
• Mercantilism includes the theory that a colony
exists for the economic benefit of the mother
country.
• This policy angered colonists who wanted to
purchase goods from cheaper sources and to
sell to a wider market.
PROCLAMATION LINE OF 1763
• A law passed by the British Parliament
which stated colonists were forbidden
to settle west of the Appalachian
Mountains
• Britain wanted a buffer zone between
the colonists and American Indian
tribes (reduce threat of violence), but
the colonists wanted to settle the fertile
Ohio River Valley
STAMP ACT (1765)
• Required that all legal documents
(diplomas, contracts, wills,
newspapers) have an official stamp
showing that a tax had been paid
• British used this to generate revenue
to help cover the cost of the French
and Indian War
• Colonists reacted by rioting and
Stamp Act Congress convenes
(October, 1765)
SUGAR ACT (1764)
• British legislation aimed at ending
the trade of sugar and molasses from
the French and Dutch West Indies.
• Colonial merchants were required to
pay a tax on sugar and molasses
imported into the colonies from nonBritish Caribbean sources.
• The enforced tax on molasses caused
the almost immediate decline in the
rum industry in the colonies.
TEA ACT (1773)
• An act passed by British Parliament
that created an unfair monopoly.
• Colonist were required to buy tea
from the East Indian Company.
• Colonist refused to unload the tea
from British ships.
• The Tea Act was the main
cause of the Boston Tea
Party
QUARTERING ACT (1765)
• An Act passed by
Parliament that required
colonist to house and
feed British soldiers.
• This was very costly for
the colonist.
TOWNSHEND ACT (1767)
• Taxes on imported tea, glass,
paper, and other items
• Colonist Boycotted
• Daughters of Liberty helped
with boycott by making cloth
• Sons of Liberty used violence
against tax collectors to protest
these acts
INTOLERABLE ACT (1774)
• Also know as the Coercive Acts
• British reaction to the Boston Tea Party
• Closed the port of Boston until the tea was
paid for
• Restructured Massachusetts government
• Troops quartered in Boston and British
officials accused of crimes sent to England or
Canada for trial
• Colonists reacted by boycotting British goods
and First Continental Congress convenes
LACK OF REPRESENTATION
IN PARLIAMENT
• Since the formation of the colonies, the colonists had set up
their own legislative assemblies; colonists were unhappy
about Britain’s insistence on the authority of Parliament
(taxation); the debate turned into one regarding
representation, the colonists did not have direct representation
in Britain’s law-making body (Parliament); Britain argued that
the colonies had “virtual representation”
BOSTON MASSACRE (1770)
• Colonist felt threaten by British soldiers
• Started with one British Soldier and one
colonist in which the British Soldier struck
the colonist
• Other colonist saw this and become involved
• A deadly riot took place which resulted with
five colonist being killed by British soldiers
• Incident used as propaganda and became
known as the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
BOSTON TEA PARTY (1773)
• Protest led by the Sons of Liberty in which they dumped
British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act passed
by Parliament
• the Boston Tea Party was a reaction to taxation without
representation
• Parliament responded by passing the Intolerable Acts and
closing the port of Boston.
SGPT:
•How was the Boston Tea Party an
example of civil disobedience?
• We Will: identify causes of the American Revolution
I Will: summarize the cause
that would make me the
angriest as a colonist and
justify why
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
THOMAS JEFFERSON P.O.W. DUE FRIDAY
WARM UP:
Cause /Effect
WORD OF THE DAY:
• Ally-person or group that
supports you
• Bias-an unfair preference
for or dislike of something
1.
French
and
Indian
War
2. Tea
Act
•We Will: identify important people of the
American Revolution.
•I Will: : predict who was the most influential
person of the AR and justify why
PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
•
ACTIVITY/ NOTES
• Complete People of the American
Revolution on BOK pg. 18-19
ABIGAIL ADAMS
• Wife of the 2nd president of the U.S., John Adams.
• Recognized as being politically influential, mostly
in letters written to her husband during the
American Revolution.
• Advocate for women’s rights.
JOHN ADAMS
• Political philosopher and 2nd
President of the United States.
• Federalist, and a reasonable man who believed
in moderate resistance.
• Leader during the Revolution & Second Continental Congress.
• Held conflicts with France during his term and passed the Alien
and Sedition Acts in 1798.
WENTWORTH CHESWELL
• A free African-American who carried news &
intelligence as the town messenger in Newmarket, New
Hampshire.
• First black man elected to public
office-school board member
• Fun fact-established a library in his town
SAMUEL ADAMS
• Involved in local politics in Boston
• Believed colonial government was capable of self-rule
• Founder of the Sons of Liberty
• Involved in many events that led to the Revolution,
including opposition to the Stamp Act, the Boston
Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party.
• Supported the Constitution, with the addition of the Bill
of Rights
MERCY OTIS WARREN
• Expressed her feelings and ideas about the Patriotic cause
through her writings, plays and poems.
• Believed Britain’s laws and taxes were
unfair & that Britain was too far away from
them to understand the colonists’ needs
and rights.
ODD ONE OUT ACTIVITY
• Which person does not fit and why? Look at the 4 pics
below and explain why 3 are in and why 1 is out.
ABIGAIL ADAMS
JOHN ADAMS
MERCY OTIS WARREN
SAMUEL ADAMS
•We Will: identify important people of the
American Revolution.
•I Will: : predict who was the most influential
person of the AR and justify why
JAMES ARMISTEAD
• A slave from Virginia who became a spy for
Lafayette, relaying information about Cornwallis’
plans.
• Provided Lafayette with the critical information he
needed to defeat Cornwallis at Yorktown, which
ended the American Revolution.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
• Printer and writer from Philadelphia
• Member of the committee which wrote the Declaration
of Independence
• Minister to France during the Revolution
• Oldest member and Founding Father
of the Constitutional Convention
in 1787
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ
• Contributed to the independence of the
U.S. from Britain.
• Aided the colonists by leading the
Spanish against Britain.
• Re-conquered Florida for Spain.
• Fun Fact: Galveston, Texas is named after
him!!!
CRISPUS ATTUCKS
• An escaped slave, became an
American hero during his struggle
for freedom.
• The first American to lose his life in the
colonists’ fight for freedom from
Britain.
• Killed by Redcoat gunfire during the
Boston Massacre, 1770.
KING GEORGE III
•King of Great
Britain during the
American
Revolution
ODD ONE OUT ACTIVITY
• Which person does not fit and why? Look at the 4 pics below
and explain why 3 are in and why 1 is out.
KING GEORGE III
CRISPUS ATTUCKS
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
HAYM SALOMON
• Polish-born, Jewish immigrant to America who helped
finance the American Revolution.
• Helped raise $20,000 for the Continental Army on
request from General Washington.
• Personally supported members of the Continental
Congress, such as
James Madison.
PATRICK HENRY
• Governor for 5 yrs. of his home state of Virginia, he
supported the American struggle for liberty.
• Served in the Virginia House of Burgesses &
Continental Congress
• “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
THOMAS JEFFERSON
• Author of the Declaration of
Independence
• Founder of the Anti-Federalists, a
political party favoring states rights
• Third President of the United States.
• Purchased the Louisiana Territory from
France.
ODD ONE OUT ACTIVITY
• Which person does not fit and why? Look at the 3 pics below and explain
why 2 are in and why 1 is out.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
PATRICK HENRY
HAYM SALOMON
•I WILL: predict who was the most
influential person of the American
Revolution and justify why.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
THOMAS JEFFERSON P.O.W. DUE FRIDAY
WORD OF THE DAY:
• Contribution-the
involvement of someone
• Opposed- to go against
WARM UP:
Ticket in the door:
What were some ways an
average person could
have helped the war
effort?
•We Will: identify important people of the
American Revolution.
•I Will: : rank the 3 most important people
of the American Revolution and verbally
justify to my partner why I chose those
people.
PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
CONTINUED
•
ACTIVITY/ NOTES
• Complete People of the American
Revolution on BOK pg. 19-21
SGPT:
• Why were people from other
countries willing to help the
American cause?
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
• A 19 year old French nobleman who volunteered to
help secure independence for the Americans by
fighting in Washington’s army.
• Believed in what Americans were fighting for and was
later regarded as a hero in France and the United
States.
• Fought in several battles and
gained respect and friendship
from his men.
SGPT:
• Explain why someone from France,
like Lafayette, would want to support
the Patriots.
THOMAS PAINE
• Influential writer during the
American Revolution
• Common Sense attacked the
monarchy, supported independence,
and outlined a new form of
government
• Crisis supported the Revolution
through propaganda
GEORGE WASHINGTON
• Virginia resident, surveyor, planter, and
soldier during the French and Indian
War
• Delegate to the First and Second
Continental Congresses
• Commander-in-chief of the
Continental Army during the American
Revolution
• First President of the United States,
serving two terms
ESTHER DE BERT REED
- Organized a fundraising effort for
the Revolutionary Army.
- Collected more than $300,000
- Used the money to buy cloth and
make over 2,200 shirts for
soldiers.
- Published “The Sentiments of An
American Woman” which called
for women to support the
Revolution
MOLLY LUDWIG
• Brought supplies to soldiers on the
battlefield.
• Took over a cannon during the Battle
of Monmoth after her husband fell.
• Her actions earned her, and other
women who similarly helped, the
nickname “Molly Pitcher”
• Women were also known to spy for
the patriots, passing information they
heard from British soldiers.
SGPT:
• Who made the biggest contribution
to George Washington and his
troops?
ODD ONE OUT ACTIVITY
• Which person does not fit and why? Which person does not fit and why? Look
at the 4 pics below and explain why 3 are in and why 1 is out.
THOMAS PAINE
GEORGE WASHINGTON
ESTHER DE BERT REED
MOLLY LUDWIG
• The wife of
MARTHA WASHINGTON • Martha also
George
spent time in
Washington.
military
• Martha
camps –
followed her
ministering
husband to
to the troops,
his winter
sewing for
encampment
the men,
s. She helped
cooking and
keep up
nursing the
morale
wounded
among the
soldiers.
officers.
CATHERINE LITTLEFIELD GREENE
• Was the wife
of an
Continental
Army Officer
and often
went with him
to various
military
camps
• While visiting
military camps
Catherine
ministered to
soldiers,
helped to
mend clothes
and nurse the
wounded.
PHILLIS WHEATLEY
• 1st published African
American woman;
was taught to read
by her slaveholder’s
daughter.
ANNE BRADSTREET
• Was the FIRST
poet and
female writer
to be
published in
the colonies.
SGPT:
• What impact did women have on the
American Revolution?
ODD ONE OUT ACTIVITY
• Which person does not fit and why? Which person does not fit and why?
Look at the 4 pics below and explain why 3 are in and why 1 is out.
MARTHA WASHINGTON
CATHERINE
LITTLEFIELD GREENE
PHILLIS WHEATLEY
ANNE BRADSTREET
GILBERT STUART
• American
Painter
• Widely believed
to be America’s
best known
Portraitist.
• Most famous for
an unfinished
portrait of
George
Washington.
JOHN PAUL JONES
• American naval hero
• Led raids against British vessels
during the American Revolution
• “I have not yet begun to fight”
DEBORAH SAMPSON
• Fought alongside men
in the Revolutionary
war for 18 months
disguised as a man.
CHARLES WILSON PEALE
• An American
painter.
• Mainly known for his
portraits.
• A portrait is a
painting, drawing,
photograph, or
engraving of a
person, especially
one showing only
the face or head and
shoulders.
SGPT:
•Who was the founder of the U.S.
Navy?
ODD ONE OUT ACTIVITY
• Which person does not fit and why? Look at the 4 pics below and explain
why 3 are in and why 1 is out.
GILBERT STUART
JOHN PAUL JONES
DEBORAH SAMPSON
CHARLES WILSON
PEALE
•I WILL: rank the 3 most important people
of the American Revolution and verbally
justify to my partner why I chose those
people
THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 2015
THOMAS JEFFERSON P.O.W. DUE TOMORROW!
WORD OF THE DAY:
• Militia-a force of armed
civilians who pledged to
defend their town
• Minutemen-member of
militia who were prepared
to fight in a “minute’s
warning”
WARM UP:
School House RocksNo More Kings
•WE WILL: explain important events of the
American Revolution surrounding the
Continental Congress
•I WILL: predict 3 anticipated test
questions over the First and Second
Continental Congress
BEFORE YOU READ….
• You are a member of the British Parliament in the 1770s,
some members say that the Americans are defying the
King others point out that the colonists are British citizens
who have certain rights. Now the King must decide to
punish or listen…what advice would you give?
ACTIVITY
• Read/Discuss chapter 4 section 1
(pgs. 112-114)
• Take Cornell Notes
SGPT:
•Discuss why there was a need for the
Second Continental Congress.
CW:
DO ON A SHEET A NOTEBOOK PAPER. THIS IS FOR A GRADE!
Differences
Differences
Similarities
1st Continental Congress
2nd Continental Congress
FRIDAY OCTOBER 2, 2015
THOMAS JEFFERSON P.O.W. DUE TODAY!
WORD OF THE DAY:
WARM UP:
• Loyalist-American colonist who
supported the British during the
war
• Summarize the First and Second
Continental Congress in your
Cornell Notes
• Patriot-American colonist who
sided with the rebels during the
war
• TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE
VIDEO 
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=uZfRaWAtBVg
•WE WILL: identify the major parts of the
Declaration of Independence.
•I WILL: point out the reasons why the
authors wrote the Declaration and why
they did NOT include the ladies (on the
bottom of BOK pg. 22).
THE
DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE
THE MOST EPIC BREAK LETTER IN
AMERICAN HISTORY
ACTIVITY
• Read/Discuss chapter 4 section 2 (pg. 118)
• Break down Declaration of Independence
• Complete Declaration of Independence 4
door foldable
• Glue on Pg. 22 of your BOK
AUTHORS
• Thomas Jefferson (Chief Writer)
• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• Robert Livingston
• Roger Sherman
SENT TO
King George III
DATE
•Written in July
th
4 , 1776
BELIEFS
• Unalienable rights- rights given by God that cannot
be taken away
• Government only exist if the people agree
• People can revolt if the government takes away their
rights
• The United Colonies are free and independent
states
GRIEVANCES
1. Taxation without representation
2. King has absolute power
3. Colonists not allowed to speak out against the
King
4. Quartering Act forced colonists to house troops
5. Allowed homes to be search without warrants
6. No trial by jury of peers
• Think about it: The Declaration of Independence is America's
most iconic document, written by brilliant men who believed
America was being crippled by taxes, exploited by England
and parliament, and were not being treated as well as they
felt they deserved. These factors and more led our founders
to literally pen a detailed letter (the "Declaration") to King
George and England, and possibly the greatest breakup
letter in history. To prove my point, I'm going to provide
excerpts from the "Declaration," followed by how it translates
into actual breakup letter terminology.
TRANSLATING THE D. OF I.
• The Declaration: "When, in the course of human
events, it becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have connected
them with another..."
• Translation: There comes a point in every relationship
when two people can't work it out, and have to break
up and move on, regardless of all the good times.
TRANSLATING THE D. OF I.
• The Declaration: "The history of the present King of Great
Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all
having in direct object the establishment of an absolute
tyranny over these states... He has refused his assent to laws,
the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."
• Translation: "For the longest time you've neglected me,
disrespected me, take me for granted and try to control every
aspect of my life. You no longer tell me you love me, that I'm
beautiful or care about my happiness."
•I WILL: point out the reasons why the
authors wrote the Declaration and why
they did NOT include the ladies (on the
bottom of BOK pg. 22)