ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES
1. What were the first battles of the American Revolution?2. What did the colonists want in the British parliament?3. What did colonists dress up as during the Boston Tea Party?4. Why did colonists believe they shouldn’t be subject to British
taxes?5. What law required colonists to provide the shelter for British
troops?6. Explain the cause and effect relationship of the French and
Indian War and British tax policy.7. During the French and Indian War, fighting broke out between
what two groups in North Carolina? – USE Ch. 9 p. 1648. The French and Indian War was part of what greater world
conflict?
PATRIOTS and LOYALISTS and NEUTRALISTS:- Copy this exact T-Chart onto Unit 6 entry 4
Directions
yes
patriot reasons Loyalist reasons
SEPARATE FROM BRITIAN?
YES NO
MY CONCLUSION:
PATRIOTS -Read your mini-biography- What reasons do you argue for or against separation?- write those reasons down on ‘patriot reasons’ side of T-Chart on p.4
Directions
Neutralists:- Read your mini-biography- What reasons are you neutral??- Come up with an event that would make you a patriot or a loyalist*You do not need to write anything down yet
LOYALISTS:-Read your mini-biography- What reasons do you argue for or against separation?- write those reasons down on ‘loyalist reasons’ side of T-Chart on p.4
Patriots:- You have 3 minutes to find other patriots and copy down their reasons for wanting to separate- make sure you write this down because you will need to ARGUE WHY YOU DO WANT TO SEPARATE
Neutralists:- on the sheet of paper given to you write out why you are neutral- on that same paper, write at least 2 questions to ask loyalists and patriots about why they would separate or not want to separate- below those questions predict why some people are patriots and others are loyalists
Directions
Loyalists:- You have 3 minutes to find other loyalists and copy down their reasons for wanting to separate- make sure you write this down because you will need to ARGUE WHY YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEPARATE
Make a group of three: one patriot, one loyalist, one neutral – quickly, you have one minute!
Directions
Neutralists:- Listen to the arguments for Loyalists & Patriots.- ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS for their arguments- after 3 minutes you will have to decide whether you want to separate or not separate (DECIDE WHO MADE THE BEST ARGUMENT)
Loyalists:- Using your filled in ‘loyalist reasons’ chart you will attempt to convince the neutralist in your group they should NOT separate from Britain
Patriots:- Using your filled in ‘patriot reasons’ chart you will attempt to convince the neutralist in your group they should separate from Britain
After 1st three minutes, SHIFT GROUPS, REPEAT STEPS
MY CONCLUSION:
Your conclusion states your opinion.You also include three points that support this opinion
** Add these together in one sentence and you have a THESIS STATEMENT!
Sons of Liberty - 1765
Created in Wilmington, NC to protest Stamp Act
Remember, the one that taxed paper?
Non-Importing Association - 1769
NC Assembly defies Gov. Tryon and joins boycott even after he tells them to go home and closes Assembly
First action taken independent of any colonial governor
Edenton Tea Party – Oct. 25, 1774
WOMEN in NC town protest and boycott against British tea
Britain does not take them seriously
Unit 6 Entry 4 - Independence Documents
Halifax Resolves – April 12, 1776 –after Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, these resolves (formal statements of purpose) declared independence for the 1st time in North Carolina
Mecklenburg Resolves – May 20, 1775 - document created in 1775 by Mecklenburg County colonists that ended British laws and established an independent local government in NC
Declaration of Independence – July 4, 1776 – Second Continental Congress established colonial independence and explained why colonies were separating from Britain
North Carolina Constitution 1776 – Created a General Assembly made of House of Commons an Senate, new governorship, and new law courts. Gave more power to the Assembly (not the governor).
Answer in full sentences9. What was the main source of conflict between the North Carolina Assembly and the royal governors?10. Why were the Sons of Liberty established in North Carolina?11. How did the government described in the North Carolina Constitution differ from the royal government?12. What document listed the colonists’ reasons for wanting to split from the king?13. What document established an independent local government in North Carolina?14. What document did North Carolina use to declare independence from the British?15. What was the Edenton Tea Party?16. What was the significance of the North Carolina Assembly’s approval of the Non Importing Association?