The Unrest-O-Meter

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UnderstandingColonial Unrest

Colonial Unrest-O-Meter
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775

• The Unrest-O-Meter

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SWBAT

• Given placards with short descriptions of
  selected events and group discussion student will
  be able to
• Discuss events that turned proud British subjects
  of 1763 into rebellious Americans by 1775.
• Fill in a information capture sheet and
  evaluate/rate the relative levels of unrest for
  each event

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Group Work Activity

• Explain how proud British subjects of 1763 became
  rebellious Americans by 1775 by discussing 9
  events leading up to the American Revolution.
• Rate the relative levels of unrest each event
  causes. This will be done by
• Learning about and analyzing nine events between
  1763 and 1775.
• Completing a Matrix summarizing each event.
• Rating and providing a rationale for each event
  through discussion and consensus.
• Finally, arriving at a class consensus in rating
  each event.

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Unrest-O-Meter Process

• Divide into groups no greater than four or five.
• Placards will be passed from group to group at
  Mr. Ls direction (no rushing! 5 7 minutes
  ea.).
• Locate the event on the matrix (the letter after
  the 3.3_ )
• One group member reads the placard to the rest of
  the group. The group summarizes.
• Group discussion to reach consensus on that
  events outcome, causes, and rating.
• When directed, pass placard clockwise (from a top
  looking down position).
• When all nine events have been discussed, adjust
  your meter to show no more than 36 blocks.

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Unrest-O-Meter Rating Criteria

• Discuss criteria to be used for ratings.

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Class Consensus

• Groups summarize events while Mr. L marks
  Unrest-O-Meter. No discussion of rating, only
  clarification of event.
• After all nine events are placed, class consensus
  to arrive at 36 rating blocks.

EXAMPLE ONLY
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Colonial Unrest-O-Meter
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
Proclamation of 1763 Quatering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Townshend Act 1767 Boston Massacre 1770 Boston Tea Party 1773 Intolerable Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Lexington and Concord 1775
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A) Proclamation of 1763

• The King said To prevent wars with the _______,
  the land west of the _______________ would be
  reserved for the Indians no colonial settlement
  west of the mountains.
• Why?
• The King did not want to ____________________
  ____________________________.
• He did not want to ________________________.
  
• ??? He also may have felt that he was protecting
  the land rights of the Native Americans, they
  were now his subjects.

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B) The Quartering Act

• Colonists were required to ensure British
  Soldiers were ______________________
• __________________________________________________
  ________________.
• Colonists did not trust the presence of the
  soldiers felt soldiers would be used to enforce
  laws.
• They did not want to pay ___________ expenses
• They did not believe it was for their own good
  believed the soldiers ________
• ________________________________
• Did not want soldiers in their homes because
  they did not ____________

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C) The Stamp Act 1765

• Stamp tax __________________ were to be taxed.
  The Stamp was applied to show the tax was paid.
  Items to be taxed newspapers, pamphlets,
  marriage licenses, playing cards.
• Outcome 9 colonies sent representatives to the
  ____________________, passing a resolution
  demanding GB repeal the Stamp Act. (Virginia, New
  Hampshire, North Carolina, and Georgia were not
  represented.)
• _____________ were put into place.
• In Boston Sam Adams organized ______
• ____________________________________
• John Adams called this the ___________
• ____________________________________.

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D) The Townshend Acts 1767

• An Indirect, hidden, tax levied on finished
  products __________ into the country proposed
  by British Parliament cabinet member Charles
  Townshend
• Taxes raised the _______ of the products.
• Acts also allowed British to ____ _____________
  American ships and warehouses suspected of
  ___________ goods
• Colonists saw through the plan and again
  _________________
• ______________ British goods

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E) The Boston Massacre

• Date 05 MAR 1770
• Description ________________ fired on an
  unruly __________ of Bostonians.
• Result The British soldiers were put on
  trial. Defended by _______________. The Incident
  was used as _____________ by the Sons of Liberty.
• ___________ are advertisements and letters used
  to inflame or sway peoples opinions (__________
  ____________ printed this poster and made sure
  they were posted around Boston)

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F) The Boston Tea Party

• 1773 British Parliament passed the ___________
• This gave the British East Indies company a
  _________.
• The irony of the boycott and party is that the
  tea was actually _________ than before, but the
  Bostonians would not buy it on the principle of
  it being taxed without their _____________.

• Boston boycotted and then destroyed the tea.

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G) The Intolerable Acts 1774

• Also called ________________
• The acts were passed to force the colonist to pay
  for the ________________.
• ______________ was closed by the English Navy
• The rallying cry, If it can be done to Boston .
  . . it can ____________________.
• The rallying cry was used to alert the other
  colonies to ____________________

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H) The First Continental Congress 1774

• The colonies finally begin to ______! (12 of
  the 13, not Georgia)
• The colonial representatives
  endorsed resolutions to
• ___________ the Intolerable acts
• Form ________ to resist the enforcement of the
  acts
• And called on the colonies to ____________ with GB

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I) Lexington and Concord
The shot heard round the world!
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Lexington and Concord

• Date April 19, 1775
• British intentions to capture stores of
  _________ and Sons of Liberty ____________
• ______________________.
• The Lexington Militia stood their ground, a
  confrontation ensued, and it sparked the days
  conflagration.
• Before returning to Boston . . .
• 73 British solders were dead 174 were wounded.
• 49 patriots were killed, 39 more were wounded.

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What follows?

• In the next unit we will discuss
• The forming of the Second Continental Congress
• The drafting of the Declaration of Independence
• The forming of the Continental Army under the
  leadership of George Washington
• And the early battles of the American Revolution
  also know as the War for Independence