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Lesson 3.2 Tensions with Britain

Key Terms

Pontiacs War

Proclamation of 1763

Stamp Act

petition

boycott

repealed

Townshend Acts

writ of assistance

Boston Massacre

committee of correspondence

Abigail Adams

Samuel Adams

Mercy Otis Warren

Crispus Attucks

Patrick Henry

John Adams

King George III

Academic Vocabulary

proclamation: an official formal public announcement

crest: the top line of a mountain or hill

province: an administrative district or division of a country

controversial: giving rise to different and opposing viewpoints

duties: taxes

intolerable: unbearable

writ: a written order by a court of law or other authority

Lesson Objectives (These questions do NOT have to be answered.)

1. Describe conflicts in the west after the French and Indian War.

2. Explain how Britain attempted to ease tensions with the Proclamation of 1763.

3. Explain why colonists opposed new British taxes such as the Stamp Act.

4. Describe new colonial leaders who emerged as conflicts with Britain escalated.

5. Summarize the significance of the Boston Massacre.

Conflict over Land: Text

1.Compare and Contrast French and British treatment of Native Americans who lived in the Ohio River Valley.

2.Identify Cause and Effect How did the outcome of the French and Indian War affect Pontiacs War? Why did it affect Pontiacs War that way?

Causes of the American RevolutionThe Proclamation of 1763: Text

3.Draw Conclusions Why is the Proclamation of 1763 viewed as one of the factors leading to the American Revolution? Support your answer with details from the text.

Causes of the American RevolutionMercantilism and Taxation: Text

4.Summarize As you read Causes of the American Revolution: Mercantilism and Taxation, Causes of the American Revolution: The Stamp Act, and Causes of the American Revolution: Townshend Acts, use the graphic organizer below to briefly sum up what each act did and why colonists objected to it.

Causes of the American RevolutionThe Stamp Act: Text

5.Explain an Argument The British government believed it had the right to tax the colonists. The colonists disagreed. Briefly explain the arguments of each.

6.Cite Evidence in the text that colonists boycott of British goods was an effective means of protest.

Causes of the American RevolutionTownshend Acts: Text

7. Paraphrase In his argument against writs of assistance, James Otis said, A mans house is his castle. Using your own words, explain what he meant.

8. Determine Central Ideas Read Colonists Rebel Against British Economic Policies. Then state the central idea of the text.

Significant Individuals Provide Colonial Leadership: Text

9.Summarize As you read Significant Individuals Provide Colonial Leadership, use the graphic organizer below to sum up the early contributions of each colonial leader listed. In the second column, identify the colony where the leader lived. In the third column, briefly explain how the leader helped the American cause.

The Boston Massacre: Text

10. Vocabulary: Analyze Word Choice The colonists called the British soldiers shooting of colonists in front of the Boston customs house the Boston Massacre. Analyze the colonists choice of words. What point were the colonists trying to make by calling the incident a massacre? Was the incident a massacre? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

11. Cite Evidence in the text that the First Continental Congress believed its actions against the British might lead to war.

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