USA
The Road to War
ACTIONS
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Boycott
Lexington & Concord
Non Importation
Agreements
Pontiac’s War
ERA 2 STEPS LEADING TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PEOPLE
Continental Army
General Gage
George Washington
King George III
Loyalists
Minutemen
Neutrals
Patrick Henry
Patriots
Paul Revere
Pontiac
Redcoats
Sons of Liberty
Thomas Paine
MEETINGS
DOCUMENTS
Stamp Act Congress
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Common Sense
(boycott, Nonimportation Agreements,
Olive Branch Petitition)
Objective: To know the people, their motivations and the events leading up
the American Revolution.
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Olive Branch Petition
Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Townshend Act
Guiding Question: How do people reach a point that they are ready to break
away from their mother country?
QUOTES
“Give me liberty or give me death”
“Taxation without representation”
“The British are coming”
“The Shot Heard ‘Round the World”
TEKS/TAKS:
8.1A identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877 and describe their defining
characteristics
8.11B apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals,
events, and time periods
8.4A analyze causes of the American Revolution
8.23B describe the contributions of significant political, social, and military leaders of the U.S.
8.30D identify points of view from the historical context surrounding and event and the frame of
reference which influenced the participants