Road to revolution infographic
For this project, you will be paired up with a student in Mr. Vann's class to work in a community of two to research the important event that led to the American Revolution you have been assigned. After you have completed your research, being sure to cite the URL's of all of the sources you found along the way, you will be be paired with someone in your class who has been assigned a different event in order to create an infographic summarizing, comparing, and contrasting your two assigned topics. Your infographics will be then be used by your peers to learn about and answer questions about each event, so you must be thorough and answer all of the questions you have been assigned to teach others. Consult the Infographics Resources page to get ideas. To construct your own infographic, you will need to login to Easel.ly using your school Google credentials. Once you have completed your infographic, you will need to share the link through Classroom to be posted by your teacher on the Causes of the American Revolution Infographics page for everyone to view and answer the same questions you had to answer, so be sure not to leave anything out. Take your time, do your best, pay attention to details, include lots of data, statistics, information, and visually appealing graphics to create an effective product. Good luck!
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Road to Revolution topics:
Start your research with this timeline of the American Revolution:
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
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1. Navigation Acts
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Why weren’t items like fish, grain, and salt included?
6. What was the negative impact of the Molasses Act?
7. What was one positive result of the Molasses Act, especially after they were re-enacted?
8. Why did the Navigation Acts impact the Northern Colonies more?
9. What made the early Navigation Acts unique?
10. From Britain’s perspective, verify the reasonableness of the Navigation Acts? [DOK3]
11. From the colonists’ perspective, verify the unreasonableness of the Navigation Acts? [DOK 3]
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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2. Stamp Act
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. There are 40 components to the Stamp Act that clarifies what is taxed. What was the underlying (hidden but important) message of these components? [Blooms 4]
6. If you were a colonist during this time, what documents would you be most upset about being taxed? Why?
7. What changes would you recommend to King George about the Stamp Act? What makes your changes have the potential to be implemented by the king? [Blooms 5]
8. The Stamp Act was quickly repealed. How were the English impacted by this repeal?
9. When the Stamp Act was repealed, English passed three pieces of legislation to make the repeal possible.
a. Locate and briefly explain each of those three pieces of legislation.
b. http://www.stamp-act-history.com/stamp-act/1765-november-1-stamp-act/
c. What conclusion can you draw from these pieces of legislation? [Blooms 4]
10. Defend the colonists creating the Stamp Act Congress. [Blooms 5] and explain its overall impact.
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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3. Quartering Acts of 1765 & 1774
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What would your opinion of the Quartering Act have been if you were a colonist?
6. What would your opinion of the Quartering Act have been if you were a British soldier?
7. How could ( and did) the colonists make the Quartering Act work to their advantage?
8. How were the Quartering Acts of 1765 & 1774 similar?
9. How were the Quartering Acts of 1765 & 1774 different?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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4. Townshend Act
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Compare the Townshend Acts with the Navigation Acts. [ DOK 2]
6. Contrast the Townshend Acts with the Navigation Acts. [DOK 2}
7. From the British perspective, what makes the Townshend Acts better than the Stamp Act? [ DOK 3]
8. Investigate how the Townshend Acts were enforced by the British. [DOK3]
9. Cite evidence that the Townshend Acts were not without consequence. [DOK3]
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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5. Boston Massacre
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Write two slightly varying timelines of the events that happened on March 5, 1770.
a. Why do you think the differences are present in the writings you read?
6. Read 63-66 in A History of Us. Book 3.
a. Use the information from the text along with other information you have learned to answer the following questions:
i. What was life like for a British soldier in Boston prior to ( within the last year) March 5, 1770?
ii. What was life like for the colonists in Boston prior to ( within the last year)March 5, 1770?
iii. How does the painting by Revere impact the world’s perspective of what happened?
iv. Differentiate between ( what is the difference between) the art and reality.
v. What role did the media have in the events of that day being called a “massacre”? Does that still happen today? Offer an example
vi. Why did John Adams defend the British soldiers?
vii. Analyze the consequence the 2 soldiers who were found guilty had. Did the punishment fit the crime? Why or why not?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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6. Tea Act
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why? (It is not the obvious one you think of)
4. Who was impacted?
5. List the specific events that led up to the Tea Act and retell them. (DOK1)
a. Start in 1773 and Lord North’s passing of the Regulating Act for India.
6. Who was financially hurt by the Tea Act?
a. How did these people handle the shipments of tea?
7. How is the Tea Act connected to today’s financial bailouts (banks, car companies, etc)? (DOK3)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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7. Boston Tea Party
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Cite evidence and develop a logical argument for the Boston Tea Party (DOK3)
6. What were the consequences if the young men on the ship were caught?
a. How do we view these consequences today?
7. If you were a Brit, how would you look at this event?
8. How did the captain of the ship react to the invasion of his ship?
9. How many cups of tea could have been brewed with the tea put in the harbor?
10. How much would that tea cost today?
11. Read George Hewes’ eyewitness account of the tea party and his role in it.
a. Write a ten-sentence detailed summary of his account.
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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8. Intolerable Acts
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Identify and summarize Britain’s goal for the Intolerable Acts. (DOK2)
6. What were they called by the British? Why the different names?
7. Explain what must have happened in Boston when Gage became governor. (Blooms 4)
a. Do this from a British soldier’s perspective
b. Do this from a typical Bostonian’s perspective
8. What restrictions were put on Boston?
9. Verify the reasonableness of the other 12 colonies’ reaction to the Intolerable Acts. (DOK3)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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9. Lexington & Concord
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What is your opinion of Gage’s plan?
6. What hampered its success?
7. Explain the story of Paul Revere, Billy Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott and their role in Lexington and Concord.
8. Why was the first shot at Lexington called “The shot heard around the world.”?
9. Defend the way the minutemen & militia fought at Lexington and Concord
10. How could you improve the way the British soldiers fought? (Blooms 6)
11. Analyze the top British soldiers’ reactions to Lexington & Concord. (DOK 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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10. Siege of Boston
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. How is the siege of Boston related to the Intolerable Acts? (DOK3)
6. How did the siege impact Loyalists? Soldiers? Rebels?
7. Use your own words to explain what happened at the Battle of Chelsea Island. (Blooms 2)
8. How could the Americans’ plan been improved? (Blooms 5)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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11. Fort Ticonderoga
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What was the initial motive for the Americans to take Fort Ticonderoga?
6. How did Arnold and Allen feel about working together? Why?
7. Describe the scene as Allen’s men came upon the fort on that May 10 morning.
8. How did the British officer react when Allen demanded his surrender? Why? -- think about the geography of the fort.
9. Would you have reacted similarly or differently than the British? Why?
10. What were the benefits of this siege to the colonists?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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12. Second Continental Congress http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h656.html
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What makes the Second Continental Congress better than the First Continental Congress? (DOK3)
6. Defend their decisions around the military. (Blooms 5)
a. Control of the army
b. Support for Washington
c. Their appointed generals to serve under Washington
7. What is your opinion about their “Statements of Position”? (offer some specifics) [Blooms 5]
8. What is your opinion of North’s response to the Olive Branch position? (In their “Statements” [Blooms 5]
9. Design a plan to improve help the SCC Finance the War that is better than theirs. Justify your answer. (DOK 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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13. Bunker Hill (actually fought on nearby Breed’s Hill)
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What is your interpretation of the American experience at Breed’s Hill? (DOK 3)
6. How would you adapt Howe’s plan to make it more successful? (DOK 3)
7. Locate a map of Breed’s and/or Bunker Hill and analyze the geography from an American perspective.
8. Locate a map of Breed’s and/or Bunker Hill and analyze the geography from a British perspective.
9. After analyzing the data (deaths, wounded, etc) for both sides, who won the battle? Justify your answer
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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14. Invasion of Canada http://www.revolutionarywaranimated.com/CanadaAnimation.html
This is a cool website that will help you understand the movement that occurred as well as an overview. Pay close attention to the number of soldiers in areas.
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What made the Invasion of Canada important enough for you to learn about 240 years later?
6. What conclusion can you draw about the Americans beliefs about the French-Canadians in Quebec? Justify your answer (DOK3)
7. Elaborate (explain in great detail) on why the Americans failed in Quebec.
8. Design a plan of your own to take Quebec. Why will your plan work? (DOK4)
9. What did the Americans learn about the French-Canadians after the Invasion of Canada?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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15. Battle at Saratoga
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What was the British overall goal for this battle(s)?
6. Elaborate on the reason why the British took a three-pronged approach to this battle. (DOK3)
7. What would have happened if Howe’s men left New York City? (DOK3)
8. Can you predict the outcome of Howe’s strategy for Philadelphia? Why this outcome? (DOK3)
9. What was Gage doing while the British were marching to Saratoga?
10. What can you conclude about the living conditions of the British soldiers during this time? (DOK3)
11. What can you conclude about the living conditions of the American militia during this time? (DOK3)
12. After learning about all that went into the battles of Saratoga, what you do differently?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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16. Declaration of Independence (pg. 174)
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What events caused the second Continental congress to write the Declaration of Independence?
6. Briefly explain the colonial reaction to the Declaration of Independence, and do you agree with their reaction? Why or why not? (Blooms 5)
7. Briefly explain the British reaction to the Declaration of Independence, and do you agree with their reaction? Why or why not? (Blooms 5)
8. What did the phrase, “Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness” mean when it was written, and what is your interpretation of the phrase “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness? (DOK 3)
9. Is the list of grievances (complaints) justifiable (proven to be right)? (DOK 3)
10. Investigate and draw a conclusion, about how the Declaration impacts the United States government today?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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17. Articles of Confederation
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Find the definition of a Federal government. (Blooms 1)
6. What are some of the flaws in this document?
7. What are some underlying themes in this document? (Blooms 4)
8. How could the Articles of Confederation have been improved? (Blooms 5)
9. The articles were put in place because of a need of government during wartime. Why was it necessary to have a wartime government set up during the Revolutionary War? (Blooms 4)
10. The ability to tax was a large concern in the Articles of Confederation. Using your knowledge of the Revolution, why would the colonists be concerned about taxes? Why would they be concerned about a large central government? (Blooms 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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18. Battle of Brooklyn
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Who were the major leaders of this battle?
6. Where was this battle fought, why was this area important to the British?
7. Explain the outcome, had George Washington not relocated his troops? (Blooms 3)
8. What were the consequences for the colonists when the British successfully divided the colonies from each other? (DOK 5)
9. How does Howe usually respond to his leaders? (DOK 3)
10. Who said “Good God, what brave fellows I must lose”, and why was this statement significant?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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19. Washington Crosses the Delaware & the Hessians
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Who were the Hessians? (Blooms 1)
6. Use your own words to summarize what a mercenary army is? (Blooms 2)
7. What are other possible outcomes to Washington’s crossing of the Delaware? Where there large risks involved? (Blooms 4)
8. Compare and contrast a morale boost, and an actual victory in battle. What kind of victory was this battle, and why is it important? (Blooms 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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20. Battle of Trenton
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Explain in your own words what a militia is? (Blooms 2)
6. Washington used a lot of diversion tactics (trick the enemy) in this battle. Why was this how Washington fought? (Blooms 4)
7. Washington often attacked during holidays, as well as in the middle of winter. Explain why this was an effective strategy? Also explain how this could have had serious consequences? (Blooms 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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21. Battle of Princeton
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Explain in your own words what guerrilla warfare is? (Blooms 1)
6. George Washington often does what is called an orderly retreat through out the war. In what ways where these orderly retreats beneficial, as well as harmful to the Americans? (Bloom 4)
7. Who were the major leaders of this battle? (DOK 1)
8. What was the outcome of this battle, and how did it help the American war effort? (Blooms 3)
9. During this battle, Washington rode in between the battle lines, open to fire from both sides. Explain how this can be a morale booster (raises spirits). (DOK 3)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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22. Valley Forge
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What did the soldiers eat at Valley Forge?
6. Describe what happened at Valley Forge? (DOK 1)
7. Give an example of what a typical soldier went through at Valley Forge. Give an example of what the leadership went through at Valley Forge. (DOK 2)
8. How is George Washington’s leadership related to the soldiers experience at Valley Forge? (DOK 3)
9. What is similar to or different from the experience the British soldiers had at this time? (Bloom 4).
10. What were the consequences of Valley Forge for the colonists war effort? (Bloom 5)
11. How could you improve the experience at Valley Forge? What were some ways that it could have been prevented? (Bloom 6)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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23. France Enters the War
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What would happen if the French did not join the Americans? (DOK 3)
6. Why did the French enter the American Revolution?
7. Whose side did they enter on, and why did they ally that way?
8. What benefits did the French bring to the war?
9. Why were these benefits important, and how did each of them contribute to the end of the war?
10. What were the alternatives to asking for French help? (Blooms 6)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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24. Britain captures Savannah and Charleston
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Based on what you know, why would a large presence of Loyalists draw British attention? (Blooms 5)
6. Why were Savannah and Charleston important cities in the American Revolution?
7. Did Savannah and Charleston have more Loyalists or Patriots?
8. How did the British go about capturing these two cities?
9. For what reason did the British capture these two cities, and what did they think would happen to the Continental Army after doing so?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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25. Battle of Chesapeake
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Summarize what happened in this battle in your own words. (Blooms 2)
6. What are some of the possible outcomes had the French not successfully driven the English out of the harbor? (Bloom 4)
7. What were the consequences of New York and Boston having Blockaded harbors? Why (Blooms 5)
8. Explain why the French and Americans had to work so closely together to make this battle work? What events made it difficult to meet up at the Chesapeake? (Blooms 4)
9. What was the outcome of this battle, and why is it important?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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26. Siege of Yorktown & Treaty of Paris
1. Who were the delegates (people chosen to go) from the United States who were sent to sign the Treaty of Paris. Why is it important to select delegates carefully? (Blooms 4)
2. What would have happened at the battle of Yorktown, had the French not arrived? (Blooms 5)
3. So you agree with the outcome of the treaty? Do you think the treaty was more beneficial to the British or the Americans?
4. Why was this battle important to the end of the war?
5. What are some of terms in the treaty that were beneficial to Britain?
6. What are some of the terms in the treaty that were beneficial to the colonists?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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27. Sons of Liberty
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Use your own words to describe the kinds of activities the Sons of Liberty were involved in. (Blooms 2)
6. What actions would you take if you were in the Sons of Liberty? (Blooms 3)
7. Distinguish the differences between the Sons of Liberty, and someone like John Adams. What sort of activities were they involved in, and how were they different or similar? (Blooms 4)
8. The Sons of Liberty often used print and the media to express ideas. Explain why this was such an effective tool. (Blooms 4)
9. Why was the Sons of Liberty formed?
10. What did colonists think of the Sons of Liberty? What did the British think of the Sons of Liberty? (DOK 1)
11. How did the actions of the Sons of Liberty influence the Revolutionary War? (Blooms 6)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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28. Committees of Correspondence
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Explain what a shadow government is, and were these committees considered shadow governments? (Blooms 1)
6. Give an example of what a committee of correspondence did. (Blooms 2)
7. What made a Committee of Correspondence better or worse than the governments the colonies had in place at the time? (Blooms 3)
8. What was the relationship between the committees of correspondence and the British government? (Blooms 4)
9. Do you agree with the creation of these committees? Why or Why Not? (DOK 5)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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29. Gaspee Raiders
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Why did the British tax the colonists, and in what way did the colonists respond? Was their response justified? (Blooms 3)
6. Summarize in your own words what the Gaspee Affair was? (Blooms 3)
7. What were the consequences of the Gaspee Affair? (Bloom 5)
8. Were the acts of the Gaspee Raiders justifiable? Why or why not? (Blooms 6)
9. The Gaspee raiders who were caught were likely going to be shipped to England for trial. Why were the colonial leaders upset at this? Were they justified? (Blooms 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
Start your research with this timeline of the American Revolution:
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
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1. Navigation Acts
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Why weren’t items like fish, grain, and salt included?
6. What was the negative impact of the Molasses Act?
7. What was one positive result of the Molasses Act, especially after they were re-enacted?
8. Why did the Navigation Acts impact the Northern Colonies more?
9. What made the early Navigation Acts unique?
10. From Britain’s perspective, verify the reasonableness of the Navigation Acts? [DOK3]
11. From the colonists’ perspective, verify the unreasonableness of the Navigation Acts? [DOK 3]
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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2. Stamp Act
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. There are 40 components to the Stamp Act that clarifies what is taxed. What was the underlying (hidden but important) message of these components? [Blooms 4]
6. If you were a colonist during this time, what documents would you be most upset about being taxed? Why?
7. What changes would you recommend to King George about the Stamp Act? What makes your changes have the potential to be implemented by the king? [Blooms 5]
8. The Stamp Act was quickly repealed. How were the English impacted by this repeal?
9. When the Stamp Act was repealed, English passed three pieces of legislation to make the repeal possible.
a. Locate and briefly explain each of those three pieces of legislation.
b. http://www.stamp-act-history.com/stamp-act/1765-november-1-stamp-act/
c. What conclusion can you draw from these pieces of legislation? [Blooms 4]
10. Defend the colonists creating the Stamp Act Congress. [Blooms 5] and explain its overall impact.
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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3. Quartering Acts of 1765 & 1774
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What would your opinion of the Quartering Act have been if you were a colonist?
6. What would your opinion of the Quartering Act have been if you were a British soldier?
7. How could ( and did) the colonists make the Quartering Act work to their advantage?
8. How were the Quartering Acts of 1765 & 1774 similar?
9. How were the Quartering Acts of 1765 & 1774 different?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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4. Townshend Act
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Compare the Townshend Acts with the Navigation Acts. [ DOK 2]
6. Contrast the Townshend Acts with the Navigation Acts. [DOK 2}
7. From the British perspective, what makes the Townshend Acts better than the Stamp Act? [ DOK 3]
8. Investigate how the Townshend Acts were enforced by the British. [DOK3]
9. Cite evidence that the Townshend Acts were not without consequence. [DOK3]
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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5. Boston Massacre
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Write two slightly varying timelines of the events that happened on March 5, 1770.
a. Why do you think the differences are present in the writings you read?
6. Read 63-66 in A History of Us. Book 3.
a. Use the information from the text along with other information you have learned to answer the following questions:
i. What was life like for a British soldier in Boston prior to ( within the last year) March 5, 1770?
ii. What was life like for the colonists in Boston prior to ( within the last year)March 5, 1770?
iii. How does the painting by Revere impact the world’s perspective of what happened?
iv. Differentiate between ( what is the difference between) the art and reality.
v. What role did the media have in the events of that day being called a “massacre”? Does that still happen today? Offer an example
vi. Why did John Adams defend the British soldiers?
vii. Analyze the consequence the 2 soldiers who were found guilty had. Did the punishment fit the crime? Why or why not?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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6. Tea Act
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why? (It is not the obvious one you think of)
4. Who was impacted?
5. List the specific events that led up to the Tea Act and retell them. (DOK1)
a. Start in 1773 and Lord North’s passing of the Regulating Act for India.
6. Who was financially hurt by the Tea Act?
a. How did these people handle the shipments of tea?
7. How is the Tea Act connected to today’s financial bailouts (banks, car companies, etc)? (DOK3)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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7. Boston Tea Party
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Cite evidence and develop a logical argument for the Boston Tea Party (DOK3)
6. What were the consequences if the young men on the ship were caught?
a. How do we view these consequences today?
7. If you were a Brit, how would you look at this event?
8. How did the captain of the ship react to the invasion of his ship?
9. How many cups of tea could have been brewed with the tea put in the harbor?
10. How much would that tea cost today?
11. Read George Hewes’ eyewitness account of the tea party and his role in it.
a. Write a ten-sentence detailed summary of his account.
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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8. Intolerable Acts
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Identify and summarize Britain’s goal for the Intolerable Acts. (DOK2)
6. What were they called by the British? Why the different names?
7. Explain what must have happened in Boston when Gage became governor. (Blooms 4)
a. Do this from a British soldier’s perspective
b. Do this from a typical Bostonian’s perspective
8. What restrictions were put on Boston?
9. Verify the reasonableness of the other 12 colonies’ reaction to the Intolerable Acts. (DOK3)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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9. Lexington & Concord
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What is your opinion of Gage’s plan?
6. What hampered its success?
7. Explain the story of Paul Revere, Billy Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott and their role in Lexington and Concord.
8. Why was the first shot at Lexington called “The shot heard around the world.”?
9. Defend the way the minutemen & militia fought at Lexington and Concord
10. How could you improve the way the British soldiers fought? (Blooms 6)
11. Analyze the top British soldiers’ reactions to Lexington & Concord. (DOK 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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10. Siege of Boston
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. How is the siege of Boston related to the Intolerable Acts? (DOK3)
6. How did the siege impact Loyalists? Soldiers? Rebels?
7. Use your own words to explain what happened at the Battle of Chelsea Island. (Blooms 2)
8. How could the Americans’ plan been improved? (Blooms 5)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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11. Fort Ticonderoga
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What was the initial motive for the Americans to take Fort Ticonderoga?
6. How did Arnold and Allen feel about working together? Why?
7. Describe the scene as Allen’s men came upon the fort on that May 10 morning.
8. How did the British officer react when Allen demanded his surrender? Why? -- think about the geography of the fort.
9. Would you have reacted similarly or differently than the British? Why?
10. What were the benefits of this siege to the colonists?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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12. Second Continental Congress http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h656.html
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What makes the Second Continental Congress better than the First Continental Congress? (DOK3)
6. Defend their decisions around the military. (Blooms 5)
a. Control of the army
b. Support for Washington
c. Their appointed generals to serve under Washington
7. What is your opinion about their “Statements of Position”? (offer some specifics) [Blooms 5]
8. What is your opinion of North’s response to the Olive Branch position? (In their “Statements” [Blooms 5]
9. Design a plan to improve help the SCC Finance the War that is better than theirs. Justify your answer. (DOK 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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13. Bunker Hill (actually fought on nearby Breed’s Hill)
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What is your interpretation of the American experience at Breed’s Hill? (DOK 3)
6. How would you adapt Howe’s plan to make it more successful? (DOK 3)
7. Locate a map of Breed’s and/or Bunker Hill and analyze the geography from an American perspective.
8. Locate a map of Breed’s and/or Bunker Hill and analyze the geography from a British perspective.
9. After analyzing the data (deaths, wounded, etc) for both sides, who won the battle? Justify your answer
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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14. Invasion of Canada http://www.revolutionarywaranimated.com/CanadaAnimation.html
This is a cool website that will help you understand the movement that occurred as well as an overview. Pay close attention to the number of soldiers in areas.
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What made the Invasion of Canada important enough for you to learn about 240 years later?
6. What conclusion can you draw about the Americans beliefs about the French-Canadians in Quebec? Justify your answer (DOK3)
7. Elaborate (explain in great detail) on why the Americans failed in Quebec.
8. Design a plan of your own to take Quebec. Why will your plan work? (DOK4)
9. What did the Americans learn about the French-Canadians after the Invasion of Canada?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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15. Battle at Saratoga
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What was the British overall goal for this battle(s)?
6. Elaborate on the reason why the British took a three-pronged approach to this battle. (DOK3)
7. What would have happened if Howe’s men left New York City? (DOK3)
8. Can you predict the outcome of Howe’s strategy for Philadelphia? Why this outcome? (DOK3)
9. What was Gage doing while the British were marching to Saratoga?
10. What can you conclude about the living conditions of the British soldiers during this time? (DOK3)
11. What can you conclude about the living conditions of the American militia during this time? (DOK3)
12. After learning about all that went into the battles of Saratoga, what you do differently?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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16. Declaration of Independence (pg. 174)
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What events caused the second Continental congress to write the Declaration of Independence?
6. Briefly explain the colonial reaction to the Declaration of Independence, and do you agree with their reaction? Why or why not? (Blooms 5)
7. Briefly explain the British reaction to the Declaration of Independence, and do you agree with their reaction? Why or why not? (Blooms 5)
8. What did the phrase, “Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness” mean when it was written, and what is your interpretation of the phrase “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness? (DOK 3)
9. Is the list of grievances (complaints) justifiable (proven to be right)? (DOK 3)
10. Investigate and draw a conclusion, about how the Declaration impacts the United States government today?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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17. Articles of Confederation
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Find the definition of a Federal government. (Blooms 1)
6. What are some of the flaws in this document?
7. What are some underlying themes in this document? (Blooms 4)
8. How could the Articles of Confederation have been improved? (Blooms 5)
9. The articles were put in place because of a need of government during wartime. Why was it necessary to have a wartime government set up during the Revolutionary War? (Blooms 4)
10. The ability to tax was a large concern in the Articles of Confederation. Using your knowledge of the Revolution, why would the colonists be concerned about taxes? Why would they be concerned about a large central government? (Blooms 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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18. Battle of Brooklyn
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Who were the major leaders of this battle?
6. Where was this battle fought, why was this area important to the British?
7. Explain the outcome, had George Washington not relocated his troops? (Blooms 3)
8. What were the consequences for the colonists when the British successfully divided the colonies from each other? (DOK 5)
9. How does Howe usually respond to his leaders? (DOK 3)
10. Who said “Good God, what brave fellows I must lose”, and why was this statement significant?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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19. Washington Crosses the Delaware & the Hessians
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Who were the Hessians? (Blooms 1)
6. Use your own words to summarize what a mercenary army is? (Blooms 2)
7. What are other possible outcomes to Washington’s crossing of the Delaware? Where there large risks involved? (Blooms 4)
8. Compare and contrast a morale boost, and an actual victory in battle. What kind of victory was this battle, and why is it important? (Blooms 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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20. Battle of Trenton
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Explain in your own words what a militia is? (Blooms 2)
6. Washington used a lot of diversion tactics (trick the enemy) in this battle. Why was this how Washington fought? (Blooms 4)
7. Washington often attacked during holidays, as well as in the middle of winter. Explain why this was an effective strategy? Also explain how this could have had serious consequences? (Blooms 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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21. Battle of Princeton
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Explain in your own words what guerrilla warfare is? (Blooms 1)
6. George Washington often does what is called an orderly retreat through out the war. In what ways where these orderly retreats beneficial, as well as harmful to the Americans? (Bloom 4)
7. Who were the major leaders of this battle? (DOK 1)
8. What was the outcome of this battle, and how did it help the American war effort? (Blooms 3)
9. During this battle, Washington rode in between the battle lines, open to fire from both sides. Explain how this can be a morale booster (raises spirits). (DOK 3)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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22. Valley Forge
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What did the soldiers eat at Valley Forge?
6. Describe what happened at Valley Forge? (DOK 1)
7. Give an example of what a typical soldier went through at Valley Forge. Give an example of what the leadership went through at Valley Forge. (DOK 2)
8. How is George Washington’s leadership related to the soldiers experience at Valley Forge? (DOK 3)
9. What is similar to or different from the experience the British soldiers had at this time? (Bloom 4).
10. What were the consequences of Valley Forge for the colonists war effort? (Bloom 5)
11. How could you improve the experience at Valley Forge? What were some ways that it could have been prevented? (Bloom 6)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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23. France Enters the War
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. What would happen if the French did not join the Americans? (DOK 3)
6. Why did the French enter the American Revolution?
7. Whose side did they enter on, and why did they ally that way?
8. What benefits did the French bring to the war?
9. Why were these benefits important, and how did each of them contribute to the end of the war?
10. What were the alternatives to asking for French help? (Blooms 6)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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24. Britain captures Savannah and Charleston
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Based on what you know, why would a large presence of Loyalists draw British attention? (Blooms 5)
6. Why were Savannah and Charleston important cities in the American Revolution?
7. Did Savannah and Charleston have more Loyalists or Patriots?
8. How did the British go about capturing these two cities?
9. For what reason did the British capture these two cities, and what did they think would happen to the Continental Army after doing so?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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25. Battle of Chesapeake
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Summarize what happened in this battle in your own words. (Blooms 2)
6. What are some of the possible outcomes had the French not successfully driven the English out of the harbor? (Bloom 4)
7. What were the consequences of New York and Boston having Blockaded harbors? Why (Blooms 5)
8. Explain why the French and Americans had to work so closely together to make this battle work? What events made it difficult to meet up at the Chesapeake? (Blooms 4)
9. What was the outcome of this battle, and why is it important?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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26. Siege of Yorktown & Treaty of Paris
1. Who were the delegates (people chosen to go) from the United States who were sent to sign the Treaty of Paris. Why is it important to select delegates carefully? (Blooms 4)
2. What would have happened at the battle of Yorktown, had the French not arrived? (Blooms 5)
3. So you agree with the outcome of the treaty? Do you think the treaty was more beneficial to the British or the Americans?
4. Why was this battle important to the end of the war?
5. What are some of terms in the treaty that were beneficial to Britain?
6. What are some of the terms in the treaty that were beneficial to the colonists?
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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27. Sons of Liberty
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Use your own words to describe the kinds of activities the Sons of Liberty were involved in. (Blooms 2)
6. What actions would you take if you were in the Sons of Liberty? (Blooms 3)
7. Distinguish the differences between the Sons of Liberty, and someone like John Adams. What sort of activities were they involved in, and how were they different or similar? (Blooms 4)
8. The Sons of Liberty often used print and the media to express ideas. Explain why this was such an effective tool. (Blooms 4)
9. Why was the Sons of Liberty formed?
10. What did colonists think of the Sons of Liberty? What did the British think of the Sons of Liberty? (DOK 1)
11. How did the actions of the Sons of Liberty influence the Revolutionary War? (Blooms 6)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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28. Committees of Correspondence
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Explain what a shadow government is, and were these committees considered shadow governments? (Blooms 1)
6. Give an example of what a committee of correspondence did. (Blooms 2)
7. What made a Committee of Correspondence better or worse than the governments the colonies had in place at the time? (Blooms 3)
8. What was the relationship between the committees of correspondence and the British government? (Blooms 4)
9. Do you agree with the creation of these committees? Why or Why Not? (DOK 5)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event
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29. Gaspee Raiders
1. When?
2. Where?
3. Why?
4. Who was impacted?
5. Why did the British tax the colonists, and in what way did the colonists respond? Was their response justified? (Blooms 3)
6. Summarize in your own words what the Gaspee Affair was? (Blooms 3)
7. What were the consequences of the Gaspee Affair? (Bloom 5)
8. Were the acts of the Gaspee Raiders justifiable? Why or why not? (Blooms 6)
9. The Gaspee raiders who were caught were likely going to be shipped to England for trial. Why were the colonial leaders upset at this? Were they justified? (Blooms 4)
b. Summary of event
c. Outcome of event
d. Do you agree with the outcome of the event? Why? (Blooms 5)
e. What are other possible outcomes for your event? (Blooms 4)
f. How is your event related to another event? (DOK3)
g. What changes to your event do you recommend? (Blooms 5)
h. What evidence justifies the British actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
i. What evidence justifies the American colonists’ actions for your event? (Blooms 5)
j. Primary source for your event