Today we had a preview of the events that led to the American Revolution and then started working on our vocabulary. The vocabulary needs to be completed by Thursday- we will have a quiz that day.
SSUSH3
The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution.
Element: SSUSH3.a
Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French-Indian War, and the 1763 Treaty of Paris, laid the groundwork for the American Revolution.
Element: SSUSH3.b
Explain colonial response to such British actions such as the Proclamation of 1763 Stamp Act, and the intolerable acts as seen in Sons and Daughters of Liberty, and Committees of Correspondence.
EQ: Why did the 13 English Colonies rebel against Britain? How was independence achieved?
Vocabulary chapter 3 section 4 and chapter 4
George Washington
French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
John Adams
Patrick Henry
Sons of
Nonimportation agreements
Committees of correspondence
Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress
Militia
Loyalists
Second Continental Congress
Continental Army
Thomas Paine
Declaration of
Thomas Jefferson
Natural rights
William Howe
Mercenaries
Charles Cornwallis
Marquis de Lafayette
Benjamin Franklin
Monmouth
King’s Mountain
Treaty of
Manumission