Bell-work 11/1/12
• Looking at chart on page 146 answer:
1. Which nation faced huge expenses after the war?
2. What happened between the colonists as an effect
of the war?
3. How do you think the war impacted the
relationship between Britain and the colonies.
(Remember the Proclamation of 1763!)
Turn in movie poster if not turned in yesterday
EQ: What were the causes of the Revolutionary
War?
Objective:
• Students will be able to compare and contrast the
sugar, quartering and stamp Act as acts that
angered the American Colonists as evidenced by
a completed matrix with 80% accuracy
• Turn open to your unit learning goal, where does
our objective fit into level 2 and 3 for the unit
goal
• Title page 37 on your TOC and on page 37, “Lead
Up to War Notes”
1. Vocabulary
• Duty: tax on imports
• Boycott: Refusal to buy certain goods, guess
who’s? 
• Petition: a formal written request to a
government
• Writs of Assistance: orders that allowed
English officials to search for illegal goods
without permission
2. British Rule Leads to Conflict
• Colonists were proud of their contribution to
the French and Indian war
• They expected Britain to be thankful for their
help!
• They expected only a minimum raise in taxes
to help pay the war debt (123 million pounds
of sterling) That’s a lot!
3. Pay for what?!!
• England thought the
colonists should pay
for 1/3rd of the war
cost
• England’s Prime
Minister George
Grenville will use
TAXES to make the
colonists pay!
"it is just and necessary, that a
revenue be raised, in your Majesty's
said dominions in America, for
defraying the expenses of defending,
protecting, and securing the same."
4. The Sugar Act 1764
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Parliament put a duty or import
tax on several products including
molasses and sugar
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The act also put in place heavy
punishment for smugglers
(something the colonists were
good at)
•
The sugar act worsened the
colonists trade balance
•
Colonial merchants COMPLAIN!
“Our trade is most
grievously
embarrassed!”
5. The 1st Quartering Act
• 1765, Parliament passed the
Quartering Act to try to
enforce the Proclamation of
1763 (about 1,000 soldiers
kept in the colonies)
• Forced colonists to house and
feed British forces
• The act further increased
tensions between England
and the colonists
• The colonists complained
parliament was violating
their rights
6. Stamp Act
• Passed by Parliament in
1765
• Required all colonists to buy
special tax stamps for any
printed material (Playing
Cards, calendars, papers,
books, wills, contracts)
• Virginia’s House of
Burgesses’ declares that only
Virginia has the right to tax
its people!
• Colonial leader Patrick
Henry attacked the Stamp
Act!
“I know not what
course others may
take, but as for me,
give me liberty or give
me death!”
6. Stamp Act
• Merchants in New York,
Boston, and Philadelphia
boycotted or refused to buy
British goods
• Delegates from 9 colonies
assembled in NY for the
Stamp Act Congress
• They sent a petition to the
King and Parliament
demanding the end to the
Sugar and Stamp Act
• It worked! In 1766, the
Stamp Act was repealed
7. Declaratory Act
• When Parliament repealed
the Stamp Act it also passed
the Declaratory Act in 1766
• This act said Parliament had
total authority over the
colonies
• Reminder to the colonies of
who was in charge!
• The success of repealing the
Stamp Act was short lived
• That set the stage for more
trouble between England the
colonies
Take that colonists!
I’m in charge and
you will obey!
Bell-work 11/2/12
• Concept Exploration:
1. Define in your own words –
INTOLERABLE
2. Use the word in a sentence
that makes sense to you
3. Can you think of any other
words that have the same
meaning?
• EQ: What led to war?
Hustle! You only
have 5 minutes to
complete Bell-work
Objective
• Students will be able to
compare/contrast the Tea,
Intolerable and Quebec Act as
evidenced by a completed matrix
with 80% accuracy
• Turn open to your unit learning
goal, where does our objective fit
into level 2 and 3 for the unit goal
• Turn open to page 37, where
we can continue, “Lead up to
War”
You must continue
learning about how
Parliament and I
angered the colonies
8. Townshend Act
• Parliament passes in 1767
• Named for Charles
Townshend, “Chancellor of
the Exchequer,” AKA the
chief treasurer for England
• With the Stamp Act repealed
England needs another way
to make money
• The act set up a system to
enforce the duty taxes on:
glass, tea, lead, paper
• Act was also made to punish
NY for refusing to quarter
soldiers, it suspended their
assembly
Money is needed to
control the colonies!
9. Boston Massacre
• Because of the Townshend
Act, colonists again boycotted
British goods
• This hurt British merchants
(why) and they urged
Parliament to repeal them
• Parliament repealed all
Townshend Acts on March 5,
1770 except the duty on tea
(left in place to show
parliament’s right to tax)
• But, the repeal came to
late….
9. Boston Massacre
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On the same day, March 5th,
1770 an angry crowd of
workers surrounded a small
group of soldiers
They threw snowballs and
rocks at them and yelled
The soldiers fired into the
crowd of colonists, killing 5 and
wounding 6
The first to fall for the cause of
American Independence was
Crispus Attucks, an A.A. sailor
Only two soldiers of the 9 were
convicted of wrongdoing…their
thumbs were branded
10. Tea Act
• Parliament passes in 1773
• Many colonists drank tea and
were paying the tax with
every cup they drank
• Many colonists boycotted Tea
• They were paying a tax that
Parliament had placed on
them without consent
• The act was intended to help
the British East India
Company (one of England’s
most important and
profitable) create a monopoly
in the colonies (No Dutch tea)
• The colonists boycott of tea
was hurting the company
11. Boston Tea Party
• A group of colonists called the
Sons of Liberty-we’ll talk
more about them ,
organized in port cities
against the East India Tea to
stop tea from being unloaded
• They threatened the ship
captains and also the colonial
merchants who bought the
tea to sell in the colonies
• No tea was unloaded in NY
Philadelphia, or other ports
• But in Boston, governor
Thomas Hutchinson made
sure the tea was unloaded
11. Boston Tea Party
• He did this by refusing the
captains the papers they
needed to return to England,
therefore the tea would be
unloaded
• Tension built in Boston over
the next 2 weeks
• On the night of December 16,
1773 colonists disguised as
Natives boarded the tea ship
and threw 342 cases of tea
into the harbor
• They destroyed 9,000 pounds
of tea
12. Intolerable Acts
• The Boston Tea Party
outraged the British
government and the King
and Parliament would punish
Boston with the Intolerable
Acts….there were 4 new laws
• 1. Close Boston’s Port: as of
June 1st, 1774 and remain
closed until the tea is paid for
(10,000 pounds of sterling)
• 2. Removed old governor:
Thomas Hutchinson replaced
by General Thomas Gage
12. Intolerable Acts
• Removed the Mass.
Legislature
3. Strengthened the Quartering
Act: soldiers were
strategically placed in homes
around the Son’s of Liberty
4. Quebec Act: set up a
government for the territory
taken from France in 1763.
Claimed land between the
Ohio and the Missouri rivers
as part of Canada. It took
away the western land from
the colonists 
12. SUMMARY
In one paragraph, at the bottom
of your Cornell notes describe
how British rule (the ACTS)
lead to conflict.
In other words how specifically
did the Acts hurt the colonies,
use specific examples.
Write
I will be coming around to check
your summary 
Reflection and Progress Chart
• Using our objective today
(c), where do you rate
yourself? 0-4
• Complete (c) on your
student progress chart on
page 34
• Are you confused about
how England’s rule led to
conflict?
• What can you do to move
up a level?
Be sure to complete
your progress chart for
objective C! Or you
might just start a war!
Bell-work 11/6/12
• Mock Election
• Remember you may not
discuss any political matter
within the voting precinct or
your vote will be dismissed
(tossed out!)
• For bell ringer sheet, write
why you believe it is
important to vote
• EQ: How did the war start?
Voting is a
CIVIC DUTY!
Objective
• Students will be able to examine
the battle of Lexington and
Concord as they relate to the
origins of the American
Revolution as evidenced by
completed battle notes with 80%
accuracy.
• Where does today’s objective
fit into level 2 and 3 of the
unit learning goal?
• What is the difference in
difficulty between level 2 and
3 for our objective?
• Title page 41 “The shot heard
‘round the world” in your TOC
and on page 41
Where does our
objective fit into the
Unit Learning Goal?
Vocab.
• Militia: groups of citizen soldiers
• Minutemen: militias who were supposed to
be ready to fight in a minute’s notice
• Loyalists: people loyal to Great Britain
• Patriots: people who wanted to be
independent from Britain
• Preamble: an introduction
Battle of Lexington and Concord
• War is on the horizon…..
• John Hancock and Sam Adams
meet secretly to buy weapons
• The weapons were hidden in
Concord, Massachusetts
• In April, 1775, KG3 told
General Thomas Gage to
mobilize soldiers. (Get them
ready)
• Thomas Gage sent British
soldiers, led by Lt. Col.
Frances Smith to take the
weapons the American
militias were storing in
Concord
Go get the
American’s
weapons!
Battle of Lexington and Concord
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On April 18, 1775 Gage sends 700
troops to go get the weapons and
capture the traitors.
Everyone was waiting for this
moment, Sons of Liberty had been
preparing for this.
Gage had two options: Go up the
Charleston River or go by land
Paul Revere signaled using two
lamps in a Church window that he
was going by river and followed
Gage upriver
William Dawes took the land route
Paul Revere and William Dawes,
members of the Sons of Liberty,
rode out to warn the militiamen
that “The regulars are out!”
Battle of Lexington and Concord
• When the British
soldiers got to
Lexington, the
militiamen were
waiting for them
• Fighting broke out; 8
minutemen were killed
• The British continued
marching to Concord;
they destroyed the
weapons found there.
Battle of Lexington and Concord
• The minutemen met them
again at Concord Bridge
• 400 minutemen fought the
British, killing 3
• As the British retreated to
Boston, 4,000 Americans
fired at them from behind
trees and fences
• By the time the Red Coats
made it back to
Boston…almost 300 of
them had been killed
Summary and Progress Chart
• Summarize the battles
of Lexington and
Concord. Assess their
significance in the Road
to Revolution
• Using our objective
today (e), where do you
rate yourself? 0-4
• Complete (e) on your
student progress chart
on page 34
Bell-work 10/17/13
• Looking at page 157:
• Read Lord Dunmore’s
Declaration
1. Who was Lord Dunmore?
2. Why did he write his
Declaration?
3. How does he encourage
indentured servants and
black slaves to join the Red
Coats?
4. How could Patriots accuse
Dunmore of being unfair?
EQ: How did the Colonists
prepare for WAR?
Objective
• Students will be able to
compare/contrast the first and
second Continental Congress as
evidenced by student
participation in Congresses and
groups evaluations/questions
with 80% accuracy.
• Where does today’s
objective fit into level 2 and
3 of our Unit learning
Goal?
• What is the difference in
difficulty level between 2
and 3 for our objective
• TOC: Page 42-2nd
Continental Congress
How can you get
to a level 3 for
objective F?
1. First Continental Congress
• 1774, in response to the
Intolerable Acts (after the
S.O.L. dumped the tea in
Boston Harbor)
• 55 men met in
Philadelphia
• asked Parliament to repeal
all acts passed since 1763
• Agreed to form militias
• Famous members
included: John and
Samuel Adams, Patrick
Henry and George
Washington
2. You Decide What Happens Next
• After Lexington and
Concord, what would
the colonists need to
accomplish at the 2nd
Continental Congress
• In other words,
evaluate in your
groups what you think
the goals of the
Congress should be
and why
• Remember we have
only just fought in the
first 2 battles
• You have ten minutes
2. 2nd Continental Congress
• 1775 called in
response to the
battles of Lexington
and Concord
• Called in
Philadelphia on May
10, 1775.
• Delegates included:
Thomas Jefferson,
John Hancock
(president) and
Benjamin Franklin
What are our
goals
gentlemen?!
2. 2nd Continental Congress
• At first the Congress
was divided at what
to do.
• But all delegates felt
that they needed to
prepare for war
• They had 2 goals at
the Congress
Preparations for
war must be
made!
2. 2nd Continental Congress
1. Write a letter to KG3:
“The Olive Branch
Petition”
• It was an attempt at
peace, the colonists
told KG3 he was
listening to the wrong
people (Parliament)
• KG3 refused to read it
• Now, Many colonists
realized war was the
only option
2. 2nd Continental Congress
2. Raise and supply an
ARMY
• Need to choose a
general, George
Washington is chosen
because he has
experience, he wanted
the job, and he was
from the South
• Important because we
needed the South
involved in the war
too, not just the
northern
Massachusetts militia.
I will lead the
Patriots to
VICTORY!
Summary and Progress Chart
Summarize: Compare
and Contrast the 1st
and 2nd Continental
Congress’. Why were
they called? What
were the goals? What
did they accomplish?
Complete your student
progress chart for
objective F
What did you do today
to get a level 3?
Bell-work 11/8/12
Summarize your notes from
yesterday at the bottom
of page 42 in your NB :
Compare and Contrast
the 1st and 2nd
Continental Congress’.
Why were they called?
What were the goals?
What did they
accomplish?
Complete your student
progress chart for
objective F
EQ: What were the differences
between the Patriots and
Loyalists?
Bell-work 10/17/13
Using what you already
know describe what
ideas you believe both
a PATRIOT may have
and a LOYALIST
Must have 3 ideas for
each
TSWBAT
compare/contrast the
ideas of the patriots
and loyalists
EQ: What were the
differences between the
Patriots and Loyalists?
Objective and Scales
The student will be able to
compare and contrast
the ideas between the
patriots and the
loyalists as evidenced
by completed diary
entries
Where does today’s
objective fit into the
LGS?
• Goal G
• How do you reach
mastery?
Diary Entries
Using your handout
you must finish two
diary entries from
the point of view of a
Patriot or Loyalist
You must summarize
the event in your
diary article and also
add your point of
view with 5 historical
facts in each entry
Example
December 17th, 1773
Dear Diary,
It was frigidly cold waking up for my patrol
duty this morning at Boston Harbor. I
dressed quickly and exited the American
colonists home where I am being
quartered. When I arrived at the harbor
my breath was taken away from me.
There floating in the harbor were cases
and cases of tea floating the in sea water.
This was not just any tea, it was the
Majesty’s King George III’s Tea. I already
know it was the rebel Patriots the Sons of
Liberty who did this. They had been
harassing British tax collectors and
merchants who were selling our Tea. They
were angry about the Parliament’s Tea
Act. I can’t imagine what our Majesty will
do about this loss of tea and revenue.
…..continue……….
Bell-work 11/5/12
Update Notebooks
EQ: Why was the capture
of Fort T. significant?
TSWBAT understand the
significance of Fort T.
Objective
• Students will be able to
evaluate the importance of
the early battles included
Fort Ticonderoga of the
American Revolution as well
as petitions to the King as
evidenced by completed
Cornell notes and summary
with 80% accuracy.
• Where does this fit into
level 2 and 3 for our Unit
Learning Goal
• How do you reach mastery?
• TOC page : Early War Battles
1. Petitioning the King
I refuse to
read it!
• Months after Lexington
and Concord, delegates
at the 2nd Continental
Congress hoped for
peace
• Once the “Olive Branch
Petition” failed they
wrote the “Declaration
of the Causes and
Necessitates of Taking
Up Arms”
2. Declaration of Arms
• 2nd Continental passed a
tougher declaration
• Written in part by
Thomas Jefferson
• States that the colonists
were ready, “…to die
freemen rather than to
live as slaves” to the
crown
• The effort to make peace
failed, Parliament instead
sent 20,000 soldiers to
America
3. We need WEAPONS
Why not take
the Red
Coat’s
weapons?
• John Hancock knew we
needed weapons
• Why not take them
from the British?!
• Fort Ticonderoga on
Lake Champlain was
used for weapons
storage for the British
(they had huge cannons
there and we wanted
them!)
4. Bright Idea
• Leading the surprise attack on
Fort Ticonderoga was
blacksmith Ethan Allen and
Benedict Arnold
• After crossing the lake at night,
Allen’s force of 83 men easily
made the 42 British troops
guarding the fort surrender
• Important victory at F.T. because
the fort controlled the water
route between Canada and the
Hudson River and it held
valuable weapons including
several dozen cannons.
• Later the same cannons would
be used to drive the British
from Boston! 
5. Summary and Progress Chart
• Summarize why the win
at F.T. was such so
important to the
Patriots, evaluate the
battle’s significance
• Complete your progress
chart for objective H and
I
Battle of Bunker Hill
• June 16, 1775
• Colonel William
Prescott and
militiamen set up forts
on Breed’s Hill and
Bunker Hill near Boston
Battle of Bunker Hill
• The British charged up
the hill with bayonets
drawn
• Prescott ordered his
men not to fire until
“you see the whites of
their eyes!” because
they were low on
ammo.
Battle of Bunker Hill
• The British won the
battle, but over 1000 of
their soldiers were dead
or wounded
The Declaration of Independence
• In 1776, delegates like
John and Samuel
Adams, Patrick Henry,
and George Washington
met in Philadelphia at
the Second Continental
Congress.
• They were joined by
Ben Franklin, John
Hancock and Thomas
Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence
• They agreed to form a
Continental Army, led
by George Washington
• They sent a letter called
the Olive Branch
Petition to King George
III asking for peace and
to listen to their
complaints.
The Declaration of Independence
• In 1776, Thomas Paine
wrote a pamphlet (a small
book) called Common Sense
• It convinced many people
that independence was
necessary, that it was
“common sense!”
• Many people were
convinced by Paine’s
pamphlet to become
Patriots
The Declaration of Independence
• In June, 1776, Thomas
Jefferson was chosen to
write a declaration to
send to the king
• This document became
the Declaration of
Independence
• It was signed on July 4,
1776 in Philadelphia
The Declaration of Independence
• Though the colonies
were NOT yet
independent, the D. of I
was a strong statement
of their feelings
• It made it clear to the
world that the colonies
intended to fight for
their freedom
American Revolution Acrostic
• On a piece of notebook paper, create an
acrostic that:
– Mentions at least four things that helped to cause
the American Revolution (look back at your Tchart on page 53)
– Mentions at least four things that happened in the
early days of the Revolution (use today’s notes)
– The last two letters are your choice.
Bellringer, 11/15/11
• Get out your bellringer sheet and a pen or
pencil.
• Number today’s bellringer box 1-4…we’ll be
watching a BrainPOP video about the Causes
of the American Revolution.
• Be prepared to write down four facts as you
watch the video.
Bellringer, 11/16/11
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Please get out your assigned iPad
Log on to the network and open up Safari.
Go to www.flchoices.org
Please wait for further instructions.
Bellringer, 11/17/11
• Look at the picture called Bunker Hill on page 131 of
the textbook
1. Who painted this?
2. Who is the man standing in the picture?
3. Why do you think the artist painted him standing like
that?
4. Do you think he really was standing like that? Why?
5. Do the soldiers look like regular army soldiers? Why
or why not?
After the Test….
• Glue your study guide to page 59 of your notebook.
• Work on your homework: 5-4 and 5-4 guided reading
activity
• Turn in if finished.
• Work on any makeup work you owe me.
• Begin working on Ch. 6 Title page, on page 60 in your
notebook. Remember, it should have:
– A title
– Three pictures related to the chapter
– At least three colors.
• Begin reading Chapter 6-1.