1. Day 15: The Road to Revolution
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
September 27, 2011
A.P. U.S. History
Mr. Green

2. Examining the Road to Revolution
Objective: Students will explain why Britain adopted policies of tighter political control and higher taxation of Americans after and how these policies sparked fierce colonial resentment.
Drill: “The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people”
John Adams, 1818

3. Taxes
Students will complete the Tax chart and present findings to the class.

4. Primary Source
Students will read the testimony of Ben Franklin before the House of Commons in London. How does Franklin report the impact of the Stamp Act on the American colonists?

5. Tea Brewing in Boston
British East India Company Complete monopoly of American tea business Boston Tea Party symbolic rallying cry for the nation-why? British reaction Home rule or intolerable Acts Closed Boston Harbor restrictions on town meetings enforcing officials indicted for murder of colonists tried in Britain Quartering Act Quebec Act expanded Catholic jurisdiction into an area earmarked for Protestantism

6. Bloodshed
1st Continental Congress-1774 Declaration of rights-John Adams persuades for revolution over home rule The Association-complete boycott of British goods Parliament rejected Congress’s petitions Lexington and Concord Britain wanted to seize gunpowder and stop the rebels

7. Imperial Strengths and Weaknesses
Professional army Paid m Mercenaries British Treasury American Loyalists Native Americans Oppressed Ireland France Family Second-rate generals/poor food Distance Physical features Traded space for time

8. American Pluses and Minuses

9. Closing/Exit Ticket
Students will discuss the testimony of Ben Franklin as it relates to the Stamp Act.

10. Homework
Read Chapter 7 pages 135 (Tea) -145 Prepare for Chapter 7 Quiz on Wednesday Begin researching your character for the debate on Thursday