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SS.04.04.01
Standard:
SS04.04.01 Outlines British policies that led to the Revolutionary War
Standard Unpacked:
Outlines British policies that led to the Revolutionary War. What did the British government do to the American colonies that led to the Revolutionary War. These policies were introduced in order to combat the debt created from the French and Indian War. Some of the British policies that inflamed tensions in the colonies included:
Stamp Act Sugar Act Quartering Acts Townshend Acts Tea Act
These policies directly caused conflicts such as:
The Boston Tea Party The Boston Massacre Boycotting
Lesson Plans:
Resources:
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/revolutionarywar/a/amer_revolution.htm
Core Resource: Scott Foresman The United State Volume 1
Chapter 8 and 9
Event Leading to A.R. PP (video links throughout the PP)- events_leading_to_the_american_revolution.pptx
Events Leading to A.R. Notes- events_leading_to_the_american_revolution.docx
Newspaper Activity (students pick an event from their notes and write a news article about it)- newspapertemplate.pdf