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Civics & Economics – 1/31/2011DO NOW:

In 5 sentences, explain the importance of self-government, natural rights, and social contracts in the development of

American Democracy.

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Partner Points!

• The person seated next to you is your partner - this is who you will do work with.

• You will earn points as a team; I will award points to the team(s) that are performing and behaving the best.

• Hold each other accountable!

Warm-Up1. Which document was the first social contract in America?

2. What movement of philosophy was responsible for feeling on equality & natural rights?

3. What do citizens agree to in a social contract?

a. to protect the people b. to allow the government to rule

them

c. to fight for their country d. to vote

TODAY’S OBJECTIVE:

1.03 – SWBAT examine the causes of the American Revolution

TODAY’S QUESTION:

How did the British actions and Colonists’ reactions lead to the American Revolution?

Story Time!

• So there’s this 8-year-old girl…– Her mom abandons her– She is resentful, but grows used to her freedom

and enjoys it!

• Now she’s 16 and almost an adult– Her mom, who has a gambling problem, comes

back and demands money (after all, the daughter should willingly support the mom, right?)

– The daughter is angry again, and wants to completely separate from her family tie to her mom.

So how does this relate to the American Revolution?

• The girl is…• The mom is…• 8 year old girl being

abandoned and gaining freedom = Salutary Neglect

• French and Indian War = mom’s gambling problem

• Demand for money = taxation (aka the MAIN cause of the American Revolution)

1. What does the young girl do when she is 18, frustrated, and told she must pay Taxes to her mother? What do you think the colonists do when Britain tries to tax them?

Revolutionary FlagsLady Liberty = Symbol of Freedom from England

Lion = the Symbol of England/the King

The French and Indian War• The basics - who, what, where,

why– Britain wanted to add more land

to her colonies by attacking what is now Canada (north of the colonies)

– Canada was owned by France, and the French were able to get the Native Americans on their side

– Called the French and Indian war because that’s who the British were fighting

The French and Indian War

2. On the map below, mark where the French and Indian War took place. Also, mark the 13 colonies. Were the colonists involved in the war?

Effects of the War on the Colonists

•Britain went into debt (war is expensive -- we can see that today).•Britain decided to come to the colonies and force the colonists to pay taxes

•Why? Because Britain decided that it was only fair for the colonists to pay -- after all, the land would have helped the colonists, right? And the colonists owed Britain for looking out for them.

•They enforced these taxes by passing special laws called acts

More effects on the colonists

•The colonists didn’t have any representation in Parliament•Since they had no representation, they had no voice•The Colonists had NO choice but to obey the acts the British forced on them.

3. Illustrate how colonists had NO representation in Parliament. Why were the colonists mad about this?

1. Proclamation of 1763Cause

• Colonists could NOT move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Why?– British want to contain

the colonists so they were easier to control

– British want to appease the Native Americans

4. Why would the colonists be mad about the Proclamation of 1763?

Effect•Colonists were “stuck” on the East Coast

2. Writs of Assistance

• Gives British soldiers the right to search colonists’ homes whenever they wanted to

Effect:• Colonists didn’t

have privacy

5. Quick Quiz: What did the British NOT need in order to go into colonists’ homes?

3. QUARTERING ACT

In 1765, Britain forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes even if they didn’t want them to.

Effect: Colonists did not want the soldiers in their homes but did NOT want to get in trouble with them.

6. Trivia: Which Amendment was a direct response to this?

4. Stamp ActIn 1765, Britain put a tax on all documents such as newspapers, letters, and playing cards

Effect:

The colonists create the Stamp Act Congress to fight against the Stamp Act. The phrase “no taxation without representation” comes from one of the Stamp Act Congress’s leaders. The Stamp Act Congress said that the colonies would boycott British goods until the law was repealed, or taken back.

7. What does the word “boycott” mean?

1765 The Stamp ActHere is a picture of the Stamp

every piece of paper had to have to show the tax had been paid. This included newspapers and pamphlets and even playing cards.

Here is the American Colonists response to the Stamp Act. This warns that bad things will happen if the Stamp Act stays.

5. TOWNSHEND ACTBritain decided they would tax goods like sugar and tea. The money was to be used to pay British soldiers’ salaries.

Effect:•This is the first semi-violent reaction of the colonists.

•They fight back against British soldiers.

•In one incident, British soldiers fired shots into a mob of rowdy colonists, leaving 5 dead and several wounded

TOWNSHEND ACT, CNT’D• This event came to be known as the

BOSTON MASSACRE

• It was called a massacre because the media reported it as a brutal slaying of innocent colonists.

“THE BOSTON MASSACRE”

8. Looking at the picture on the left, why do you think this was called a “Massacre”?

6. TEA ACT

In 1773, Britain repealed the Townshend Acts but enacted the Tea Act, which allowed the British East India Company to be the only company to sell tea to the colonists without a tax.

Effect:Even though they were getting

their tea cheaper, the colonists rejected the British tea. In December of 1773, members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Native Americans, snuck onto a boat that belonged to the British Tea Company, and threw 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.

This event is known as the “Boston Tea Party”

9. Illustrate what the Tea Act looks like on your chart in your notes!

10. Even though they were getting their tea for cheaper from England, the colonists were angry. Why do you think this is?

Boston Tea Party45 tons of tea are destroyed, tea washes up in Boston harbor for weeks.

7. INTOLERABLE (COERCIVE) ACTS

In 1774, as a direct response to the Tea Party, the British enforced these acts, which closed the Boston Harbor and put the city under military rule.

Effect: Leading colonists

met in Philadelphia in what became known as the FIRST Continental Congress and wrote a list of issues they had with Britain.

11. PREDICT: Did Britain listen to the Colonist’s complaints? (Y/N)

All of the colonies were represented except for Georgia.

Unsurprisingly, however, the British refused to listen to the requests of the Colonists.

Therefore, the Colonists take action. This is

influenced by…

8. Common Sense and its effects• Thomas Paine writes a

VERY influential essay called Common Sense, which declares that it makes sense for the colonists to fight for their independence from England based on the horrible way they had been treated.

8. Common Sense and its effects• “Every thing that is right or

reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART. Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other, was never the design of Heaven.”

8. Common Sense and its effects• Based on Thomas Paine’s

recommendations in Common Sense, The United States comes together for the Second Continental Congress and submits the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

12. What does the Declaration of Independence sound like it was?

Additionally, the Revolutionary War begins in 1775 with the “shot heard round the world” in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.

13. Was the “shot heard round the world” REALLY heard around the world? What do you think this saying means?

Now it’s your turn!

• Complete the Guided Practice with your partner - you have 15 minutes!

• I will collect this in 15 minutes, so do your work swiftly and completely.

Analyzing Primary Sources: The Declaration of

Independence• In Social Studies (and especially

history) classes, one of the MOST important things we do is examine primary sources – Refresher: what is a primary source? Why

are they important?

• So now we will examine our first primary source together: The Declaration!

Analyzing Primary Sources: The Declaration of

Independence• Look at the handout in front of you. We

will analyze the first section together as a class so we can understand what to look for

• Then, you will work on this until the bell rings with your partner.

• The entire document is due to me tomorrow as homework =)

EOC Practice 1

• 1. Which statement best describes why the early colonists came to America?

a. The colonists were fleeing hard times in Europe.

b. The colonists came for work and religious freedom

c. The colonists came for adventure

d. The colonists came to start a new life.

EOC Practice 2

• 2. Generally, the region you lived in and what your livelihood was were factors that helped determine what?

a. Your religious affiliation

b. The colonial city where you lived

c. Your everyday life in the colonies

d. How successful your business was

EOC Practice 3

• 3. What part did church gatherings play in most colonists lives?

a. Gatherings were not significant

b. Gatherings were important only in New England

c. Gatherings were important only in the rural South

d. Gatherings played a major role in colonists lives.

EOC Practice 4

• 4. What was the Great Awakening?a. The growth of science and art in the

colonies

b. Reformation of colonial gov’t and politics

c. An unorganized evangelical religious movement

d. Widespread changes in social life in the colonial cities

EOC Practice 5

Which choice best explains the Writs of Assistance?

a. The Writs of Assistance were a tax.

b. The Writs of Assistance helped the colonists.

c. The Writs of Assistance said British Officials could search colonial homes

d. The Writs of Assistance said British officials could search colonial homes without warrant.

EOC Practice 7“But that the example which ye have unwisely set,

of mingling religion with politics, may be disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America.” What does this quotation most clearly express?

a. A call for the separation of church and state.

b. A criticism of Britain.

c. An objection to settling unwise examples.

d. An expression of what Americans believe.

EOC Practice 8How did the French and Indian War most

affect the Colonists?

a. The colonists sold goods to the armies and benefited.

b. The French lost the war so they had to pay the colonists.

c. The war left Britain with an army of 10,000 in the colonies.

d. The war left Britain with a huge debt.

EOC Practice 9How did the colonists respond to the Tea

Act?

a. They dumped tea into the harbor.

b. They sent the Olive Branch Petition to the King.

c. The Green Mountain Boys captured Ft. Ticonderoga.

d. They wrote the Declaration of Independence.

EOC Practice 10What pamphlet fanned the flames of the

Revolution?

a. Locke’s Second Treatise.

b. Common Sense.

c. The Olive Branch Petition.

d. The Declaration of Independence.

EOC Practice 11What is most likely the meaning of the colonists’

demand for “No Taxation without Representation?”

a. The colonists could not raise money to build roads.

b. The colonists were not represented in Parliament.

c. That the colonists couldn’t travel west of the Appalachian mountains.

d. The colonists were required to quarter British Soldiers.

Question

1. How did the British Abuses cause the Revolutionary War?

a. The slaves revolted against the British

b. The French forced the colonists to fight the British

c. The colonists wanted to end the heavy British taxes.

d. The British could not raise enough money from the Colonies.

Questions

2. What enlightenment belief laid the foundation for the American Revolution?

a. Only the rich have the right to life liberty and property.

b. All men are created equal

c. The belief that freedom only hurts men

d. Monarchy is the supreme form of government.

Question

3. What did the colonists do in opposition to the British?

a. They taxed British tea.

b. They threw 45 tons of Tea into Boston Harbor

c. They closed the port of Boston

d. They fired the Massachusetts Governor

Question

4. Pamphlets, newspapers and speeches were important to the Revolution because?

a. They forced people to join the Revolution.b. They spread ideas about freedom and

equality around the coloniesc. They strengthened the British control over

the coloniesd. They provided the only entertainment of the

time

EOC Practice 1:

The difference in the economic development of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies resulted primarily from which of the following?

A. geographic conditions

B. customs of the immigrants

C. methods of governing the colonies

D. the extent of education in the colonies

EOC Practice 2:Can you answer this?

1. Which of the following describes the economic policy of mercantilism?

a. It downplayed the role of government in stimulating economic growth

b. It discouraged the establishment of overseas colonies

c. It encouraged trade by abolishing laws that regulated it

d. It supported strengthening the economies of the mother countries by exporting more goods than importing.

EOC Practice 3:Can you answer this?

• Mercantilism was to 18th century Britain as capitalism is to_______________.

Which choice best completes the analogy above?

a. Europe in the 18th Century

b. The contemporary world

c. Contemporary Europe

d. Contemporary America

EOC Practice 4:Can you answer this?

• Rhode Island is to New England as Georgia is to ______________.

a. The South

b. The Southern Colonies

c. The Carolinas

d. The Middle Colonies

EOC Practice 5:Can you answer this?

• What does a large and profitable modern sugar cane farm in the Caribbean most resemble?

a. Slavery

b. Plantation

c. Proprietary Colony

d. Land ownership

EOC Practice 6:Can you answer this?

• By contemporary standards, how would colonial slavery most likely be judged?

a. Unjust and illegal

b. Economically profitable

c. Wrong but necessary

d. A good thing

CE-Notes 1-10 Review1. What is the difference between direct democracy

and representative democracy?

2. Where was direct democracy used in the colonies?

3. Where was representative democracy used in the colonies?

4. What is the difference between limited monarchy and absolute monarchy?

5. What is totalitarian government?

6. What is theocracy?

7. What is a dictatorship? Is there another word for it?

CE-Notes 1-10 Review8. What are the purposes of government?9. Which region of the colonies had the most fertile

soil?10. What most impacted the way of life in the different

colonial regions?11. Why did the Pilgrims & Puritans come to New

England?12. Which region relied on slave labor?13. Why did this region need slaves?14. Which region developed cottage industry?15. Which region of the colonies was known for

religious tolerance?16. Which region of the colonies did people live close

together?

CE-Notes 1-10 Review17. What is mercantilism?18. Explain each leg of the triangle trade19. What was Salutary Neglect?20. What caused the British to go into debt by 1763?21. What was the first example of representative democracy in

the colonies?22. What does bicameral mean? Where was this used?23. What established freedom of speech/press in the

colonies?24. What was the name of the 1st written constitution?25. What is an example of a social contract first used in New

England (Massachusetts)?26. Which document in the colonies established religious

freedom?

CE-Notes 1-10 Review27. Which document first limited the power of the king?28. What was the Stamp Act?29. What was the Declaratory Act?30. What was the Townshend Act?31. What was the Quartering Act?32. What does “no taxation without representation mean?”33. What were the Intolerable Acts?34. What is a boycott? Why was this used?35. What did the Committees of Correspondence do?36. How were the Sons of Liberty different? What did they do?37. What was Common Sense?38. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? What was its

purpose?