Week 3
Revolutionary Era: 1754-1783
Textbook - Chapters 4-6
ERA TEST
Road to Revolution, 1754-1775
1. Anglo-French rivalries and Seven Years'
War
2. Imperial reorgaization of 1763
-Stamp Act
-Declaratory Act
-Townshend Act
-Boston Tea Party
3. Philosophy of the American Revolution
The American Revolution, 1775-1783
1. Continental Congress
2. Declaration of Independence
3. The War
-French alliance
-War and society; Loyalists
-War economy
4. Articles of Confederation
5. peace of Paris
6. Creating state governments
- Political orgainzations
-Social reform: women, slavery
The New Nation (Federalist Era): 1783-1816
Constitution and New Republic, 1776-1800
1. Philadelphia Convention: drafting the Constitution
Identification:
Be prepared to explain each. This counts as an oral grade
Virtual Representation
Albany Plan (1754)
Proclamation Line of 1763
Writs of Assistance
Stamp Act (1765)
Declaratory Act (1766)
Townshends Acts (1767)
Boston Massacre (1770)
Tea Act (1773)
Liberty Boys
Coercive or Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress (1774-1775)
Suffolk Resolves (1774)
Second Continental congress (1775-1781)
Olive Branch Petition
Declaration of Independence (1776)
"Common Sense" (1776)
Peace of Paris (1783)
Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
Readings: Chapters 4-6; pages
129-218; Discussion Questions - Chapter
5, Chapter
6
Activities:
Resources: These go with another
text, but are good notes
Chapter 7 Notes
Chapter
8 Notes
Daily Lesson Plans Goal B
Tuesday - Work on DBQ; Chapter
5 Discussion Questions; Chapter
6 Discussion Questions. class presentation - the causes of the
American Revolution - Road
to Revolution presentation - make sure you download the Smart
Notebook Viewer. Once you have downloade the viewer you may
need to save the file to your computer for the presentation to open.
Wednesday - DBQ; Finish the causes of the American
Revolution
Thursday - WAR!!!
Friday - DBQ
Monday - Finish notes
Tuesday - DBQ
Wednesday - The ERA test
Possible Short Essay Questions for test on Wednesday
1.What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?
2.Examine the Colonial response to the Coercive Acts of 1774.
3.Describe the causes and significance of the Boston Massacre in
1770
4.Compare and contrast the Virginia and New Jersey Plans that were
debated at the Constitutional Convention.
5.Describe the failure of the British military strategy in the war
for American independence.