Day 19 - Road to the Revolution

We will begin our study of Chapter 4, which is the events that led to the American Colonists decision to declare Independence.
As a class we will complete a Venn Diagram entitled "Road to Revolution"
Key Terms:

British "Occupation"

George Grenville

Sugar Act

Samuel Adams

"No taxation without representation!"

Stamp Act

Stamp Act Congress

Sons/Daughters of Liberty

Declaratory Act

Quartering Act

Townshend Acts

Writs of Assistance

Non-importation Agreements/Boycotts

Boston Massacre

Committees of Correspondence

Tea Act

Boston Tea Party

Coercive (Intolerable Acts)

Quebec Act

First Continental Congress

Minutemen

Lexington & Concord

-"Shot heard 'round the world"

Day 18 - Unit 1 Test

After a short review of the key terms using Quizlet, Students will take their Unit 1 Test.

Day 17 - Review for Unit Test

Today we will be reviewing for a Unit test.  The test will cover the first 3 chapters of the American Anthem which covers Exploration and Colonization up through the French & Indian War.

Day 16 - French and Indian War

EQ:  What was the effect of the French and Indian War on the American colonies economically, socially, and politically?

Review Enlightenment and Great Awakening

Chapter 3.4

Key Terms:

French Territories in North America

Spanish Territories

French & Indian War

Iroquois League

Causes:

-Military Issues

-Relations with Native Americans

-Western Settlement

Albany Plan of Union

-Ben Franklin

Important Personalities:

-George Washington

-William Pitt

Battle of Quebec

Treaty of Paris 1763

Effects:

-Colonial Unity

-Military Experience

-Increased Taxes

George Grenville

Pontiac's Rebellion

Proclamation of 1763

French & Indian War Parody

Students will complete a War Trace on their own.

Day 15 - America's Emerging Culture

EQ:  What impact did the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening have on the American Colonies?

Key Terms:
Enlightenment (Age of Reason):
-Scientific Revolution
John Locke (What does John Locke Say?)
-Natural Rights
-Social Contract
Baron de Montesquieu
Enlightenment in America
-Franklin
-Jefferson
Great Awakening (Video)
-Jonathan Edwards
-"Sinners in the hands of an Angry God"
  (Start on page 13 at the bottom "The wrath of God..." and continue to the middle of page 16)
-George Whitefield
Diversity in the Colonies
-Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
-"What then, is this American?"
Life in Colonial America
Colonial Press
-John Peter Zenger

Day 14 - Colonial Economy

Chapter 3.2 Colonial Economy
(Video)
Key Terms:
NORTH:
Subsistence Farming
-Wheat Farming in Middle Colonies
Fur Trade
Timber
Shipbuilding
Fishing
Whaling

Industries:
Mills
-Flour
Distilling & Brewing
Ironworks
Textiles
*Shipping
 -Commerce
**Triangular Trade
**Middle Passage

SOUTH:
-More Rural
Cash Crops - Plantations
Tobacco
Indigo
Rice
Naval Stores
-Rope, Tar, Turpentine
*Yeoman Farmers
SLAVERY
Slavery and the Making of America Video
Transatlantic Slave Trade
-Olaudah Equiano
Resistance
-Sabotage
-Run Away
-Rebel
*Stono Rebellion 1739

Day 13 - Chapter 3 Mercantilism

Chapter 3 Key Terms:

Mercantilism

Balance of Trade

Navigation Acts

-Smuggling

Political Impact of the English Civil War

Dominion of New England

-Sir Edmund Andros

Glorious Revolution

English Bill of Rights

New England Confederation

Salutary Neglect

First Colonial Governments

Students will complete an Acrostic that accurately describes NAVIGATION ACTS

Link to Chapter 2 Section 2 for tomorrow