Main Idea:
The British decided to tax the American colonies to help pay for the cost of the French and Indian War. The colonists protested these actions. Tensions mounted between Great Britain and the colonies. Eventually these contacts led to a conflict of arms.
The British decided to tax the American colonies to help pay for the cost of the French and Indian War. The colonists protested these actions. Tensions mounted between Great Britain and the colonies. Eventually these contacts led to a conflict of arms.
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Parliament Stamp Act repeal Sons of Liberty Townshend Acts tariff boycott Daughters of Liberty Boston Massacre Committees of Correspondence Tea Act Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts Patriots Loyalists First Continental Congress militia minutemen American Revolution Battle of Bunker Hill |
Essential Questions:
1. Why did the British government feel the need to tax the American colonies? 2. How did the Stamp Act unite the colonies and colonists? 3. What impact did Samuel Adams have on the protests in Boston, Massachusetts? 4. How did Patrick Henry contribute to the protests against the Stamp Act? 5. Why was the Stamp Act Congress a sign that the colonies were beginning to act together? 6. How were the Townshend Acts different from the Stamp Act? 7. What steps did the colonists take to protest the Townshend Acts? 8. What effect did these protests have on King George III? 9. Why did Benjamin Franklin warn the British government about colonial reactions to the placement of British troops in the colonies? 10. If you were an American colonist, would you have wanted to pay these taxes? Please explain your answer. |
The Stamp Act
Johnny Tremain
Patrick Henry: Give me Liberty or Give me Death
First Continental Congress
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Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration (Lego Version)
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Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration
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http://nicertube.com/nxyj45e7
Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration
http://nicertube.com/u4q96ugr
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