1. Causes of the Revolution

2. Welcome to North Ridge Township!
I am your QUEEN and I have instituted the SCHOOL TAX ACT. EFFECTIVE TODAY!!!!! Please take 5 tickets as a gift from your noble queen! DO NOT open your bag, nor sharpen your pencil until further notice.
Each ticket represents 5 minutes of electronics time that may be purchased tomorrow. 

3. North Ridge Township School Tax Act
Taking effect October , 201, students will have to pay the following taxes:
Sit in your chair = 2 tickets
Sharpen your pencil = 1 ticket
Get something out of your bag = 2 tickets
Ask a question = 1 ticket
Leave the classroom = 2 tickets
Kleenex = 2 tickets (per sheet)
Leaving your seat = 1 ticket (each time)
Off task behaviors = 1 ticket
If treason occurs, students will be fined!

4. Jump Start
Get out your Roots of Representative Government readings and Chart from Friday
Take the first 5 minutes to fill in the required information
We will briefly review this when the timer goes off

5. Causes of the Revolution
Things we have seen so far…

6. Mercantlism
Economic theory that says a nations wealth depends on the amount of gold it has
Raw materials were exported from colonies in order for Britain to make a profit
Cash crops such as lumber, grain, tobacco, etc.
Colonies were established to benefit the mother country (Britain)…not for the colonists’ benefit

7. French and Indian War England vs. France
England won  received all lands east of the Mississippi River, except new Orleans.
BUT the war left England in huge debt…

8. Colonists could not settle west of the red line 
Proclamation of 1763
Colonists could not settle west of the red line 

9. New Taxes Increase Conflict
Conflict with Indians was not the only problem Britain was dealing with
How were they going to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War?
Citizens in England were already overtaxed
The government decided that the colonists should start paying their fair share

10. Causes of the Revolution Stations
Blue -> Green ->Yellow ->Red
Causes of the Revolution Stations
You will be rotating between 4 different stations
At each there is an excerpt and a video clip
When you arrive at each station:
Step 1: Identify which station you are at and make sure you are recording information in that stations box on your paper
Step 2: Read the provided excerpt with your group
Step 3: Summarize the Act/Tax
Step 4: Watch the short video clip.
Step 5: Write the effects/colonial reaction of the Act/Tax

11. Causes of the Revolution Stations
Blue -> Green ->Yellow ->Red
Causes of the Revolution Stations
You will be rotating between 4 different stations
At each there is an excerpt and a video clip
When you arrive at each station:
Step 1: Identify which station you are at and make sure you are recording information in that stations box on your paper
Step 2: Read the provided excerpt with your group
Step 3: Summarize the Act/Tax and provide the year
Step 4: Watch the short video clip.
Step 5: Create a ranking for the colonial or British reaction based on the reading.
Step 6: Explain why you chose that ranking for either the Colonists or the British.

12. Taxation Without Representation: SUGAR ACT (1764)
SUMMARY
Taxed sugar, molasses, and other products
EFFECT:
Colonists began smuggling
Upset not having a trial by jury if they were caught

13. Taxation Without Representation: STAMP ACT (1765)
SUMMARY
required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used
EFFECT
Colonists boycotted British goods
Protested the tax

14. Taxation Without Representation: QUARTERING AND TOWNSHEND ACTS (1765)
Quartering Act
Townshend Acts
SUMMARY
Required colonists to provide shelter and supplies to British troops stationed in their towns
EFFECT
Protests
SUMMARY
Taxed popular goods that the colonists imported from Britain
glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
EFFECT
Protests
Organized the Sons of Liberty
Created works of literature to circulate in the colonies

15. Jump Start
On Level: Get out your Cause and Effect Chain from your folder
Pre-AP: Have out your Unrest-O-Meter
Complete the following sentence for Thursday: “No ____________ without _____________.” The colonists used tactics such as ____________ to show their disapproval of these measures.

16. What do you see? List all objects and people you
see. Be careful NOT to infer. Just list things you see. Also think, what would you hear or smell if you were there?

17. What do you think? What is the approximate date?
Where might this have happened?
What do you think is happening?
Be sure to provide proof for each inference!

18. What can you infer from evidence?
Why were the soldiers shooting?
Why were the citizens gathered together?
Did the soldiers want to shoot or were they ordered?
Will the soldiers get into trouble?
Be sure to provide proof for each inference!

19. Boston Massacre March 5, 1770 British troops vs. citizens of Boston
A mob of Patriots antagonized British troops, who were quartered in Boston
British troops panicked and fired
5 people killed, 10 injured
Samuel Adams deemed this a “horrid massacre”
Contributed to colonial anger

21. Jump start – 10/23/15
Think of our discussion yesterday about the Boston Massacre.
Do you think the British soldiers went too far? Why or why not? Justify your response.

23. Image Analysis
Today you will be comparing and contrasting two images of the Boston Massacre.
Image #1 and Image #4
Step 1: Use images #1 and #4 to answer the questions in the chart.
Step 2: Once the chart is completed, turn your paper over and answer the questions that follow.
YOU MAY WORK WITH A PARTNER.

24. Boston Tea Party A protest against the Tea Act of 1773
Made British tea cheaper
than the foreign tea the colonists were smuggling
On Dec. 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped British tea into Boston harbor
Sons of Liberty- secret society, led by Samuel Adams, that were opposed to British policies
342 packages=45 tons= over $1 million today

25. Intolerable Acts
Passed to punish the Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
Closed the port of Boston until they paid for the destroyed tea
Suspended the government of Massachusetts
Sent more troops to enforce the new law
Instead of giving in, the colonists banded even closer together
Virginia called for a Congress to discuss a solution to the conflict with Britain

26. First Continental Congress
In September of 1774, delegates met from all of the colonies
Agreed to send a message to King George urging him to consider their complaints
Called for a boycott of British goods until Intolerable Acts were repealed
Planned to meet again in seven months
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia