1. Understanding Colonial Unrest
Colonial Unrest-O-Meter
Proclamation of 1763
Quatering Act 1765
Stamp Act 1765
Townshend Act 1767
Boston Massacre 1770
Boston Tea Party 1773
Intolerable Acts 1774
First Continental Congress 1774
Lexington and Concord 1775
Understanding Colonial Unrest
The Unrest-O-Meter

2. Groupwork Activity, SWBAT
Given placards with short descriptions of selected events:
Discuss events that turned proud British subjects of 1763 into rebellious Americans by 1775.
Rate the relative levels of “unrest” for each event
Choose five of the nine events to create a timeline with appropriate illustrations and descriptive sentences to summarize the information learned in this activity.

3. Groupwork Activity
SWBAT explain how proud British subjects of 1763 became rebellious Americans by 1775 by discussing 9 events leading up to the American Revolution. Students will rate the relative levels of “unrest” each event either causes or displays. This will be done by:
Learning about and analyzing nine events between 1763 and 1775.
Completing a Matrix summarizing each event.
Rating and providing rationale for each event through discussion and consensus.
Finally, arriving at a class consensus in rating each event.

4. 3.3A Proclamation of 1763
To prevent wars with the ______, the land west of the ___________ would be reserved for the Indians – no ________ settlement west of the mountains.

5. 3.3B The Quartering Act
Colonists were required to ensure British _______ were housed, fed, provided candles, _____, and transportation.
Colonists did not trust the presence of the ________ – would be used to ______ ____.

6. 3.3C The Stamp Act
________ materials were taxed. The ______ was applied showing the tax was paid. Taxable Items: ______, ___, etc.
____colonies sent representatives to the Stamp Act Congress
Resolution demanding GB ______ the Stamp Act.
_______ were put into place.
John Adams said this was the “_____ of the revolution.”

7. 3.3D The Townshend Acts
_________, “hidden,” tax levied on finished products.
________ the cost of the product.
Colonists saw through the plan.

8. 3.3E The Boston Massacre
___________ British soldiers fired on a mob of Bostonians.
_ civilians were killed
Incident used for agitative _________ by the Sons of Liberty.
______ _____, artist.

9. 3.3F The Boston Tea Party 1773 Parliament passed the Tea Act.
Gave British East Indies a _________.
Boston ________ and then destroyed the tea.

10. 3.3G The Intolerable Acts
The ________ Acts were intended to force the colonists to pay for the destroyed tea.
Boston Harbor ______ , _______ rule imposed.
“Intolerable”, if can be done to Boston . . .

11. 3.3H The First Continental Congress
Colonies Unite!
___ of 13 met to form the congress (-GA).
_________ resolutions to denounce the Intolerable Acts, urged colonies to form _____ to resist enforcement, called on colonies to ________ all trade with GB.

12. 3.3I Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775
British intended to capture stores of ammunition and Sam Adams and John Hancock.
The Lexington Militia stood their ground, a confrontation ensued, sparked the day’s conflagration.
Before returning to Boston . . .
73 British solders were killed, 174 wounded.
49 Patriots killed, 39 were wounded.

13. Unrest-O-Meter Wrap Up
Considering the rising level of tension, pick five events that best represent that escalation.
Place those five events on a timeline.
Create a symbol for each event and use color to help describe the level of unrest.
Horizontally place the symbols to locate the event in time, vertically place the symbols to show their level of unrest.
Below the timeline, write out brief bullets describing each event.

14. Timeline Project, 25 points
Combination Timeline / Graph (see rubric!)
Choose Five events to depict the escalating unrest in the colonies.
Place them to scale on the timeline.
Use a symbol to show each event’s level of unrest (does not need to be a perfect “staircase”).
Under the timeline, write a one or two sentence summary of the event.
The No-Brainer rubric applies.

15. Rubric