Transcript Road to Revolution

Bell Work 10-17-14
1. Colonial South Carolina had a plantation economy
that produced:
a. Rice and tobacco
b. Tobacco and grain
c. Rice and indigo
d. Indigo and tobacco
Answer: c
2. When Carolina became a royal colony, one of the first
acts of the kings was to:
a. Raise the people’s taxes.
b. Officially divide the colony into North and South Carolina.
c. Send more settlers into the Back Country
d. Send more royal troops to the colony
Answer: b
Road to Revolution
Indicator 8-2.2
Agenda-10-17-14
• Focus- Road to Revolution
• Notes- British Taxation
• Colonial Propaganda Posters- Model and Guided
• Closure
• Create your own propaganda poster
Road to Revolution Focus Statement
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tate S
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The student will demonstrate an
understanding of the causes of
the American Revolution and the
b
eginnings of the new nation, with
an emphasis on South Carolina’s
role in the development of that
nation
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tate Indicator 8
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Summarize the response of South
Carolina to events leading to the
American Revolution, inc
l uding
the S
tampAct, theTea Acts, and the
S
ons ofLiberty.
Explain how
events
surrounding the
American
Revolution
transformed British
Colonists into
American citizens
and South
Carolina’s pivotal
role in this process.
Previous Knowledge
• Students should have some prior knowledge of the Tea
Act, the Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of
Independence and South Carolina’s role in these events.
Students also learned about the perspectives of Patriots,
Loyalists, women, enslaved and free Africans, and Native
Americans and the course of the war in South Carolina.
Students also learned about the role of the French and
Indian War inbringing about a change in British colonial
policies and colonial resistance throughboycotts,
congresses, and petitions. Students also learned how the
Enlightenment influenced the American Revolution.
Future Knowledge
• In United States History, students will examine the
conflictbetween colonial legislatures and the British Parliament
over the right to tax that resulted in the American
Revolutionary War
Relevance
• When you want tobuy something “new”, how do
you get the money for it?
• Work for it?
• Ask a parent?
• Grandparent?
• Save allowance?
In the same waythatyou save moneyor work for money
tobuywhatyou want, the British Crown and Parliament
imposed TAXESon the colonies in order topayfor the
French and Indian War. However, the colonistsbelieved
it was the right of their colonynot theprerogative of the
King to impose Taxes.
Focus Statement: Explain
the events surrounding
the American Revolution
including, Stamp Act, the
Tea Acts, and the Son’s of
Liberty .
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yTerms
Definition
Example
Non-Example
Parliament
1. In Great Britain, the
England’s
grand assembly of the
Legislativebody
three estates, the lords
spiritual, lords temporal,
and the commons
United States
Congress or
House of
Representatives
Merchant
A man who traffics or
Sony Electronics
carries on trade with
b
eats audio
foreign countries, or
who exports and
imports goods and
sells themby wholesale.
Individual
craftsmen or
b
uilder
Boycott
withdraw from
commercial or social
relations with (a
country, organization,
or person) as a
punishment or protest.
You stop going to
abusiness for a
while afterbad
service,but you
soon return
WalMartboycotted
Paula Dean
• The MOST IMPORTANT tax placed on the colonistby
Parliament.
• This Act placed a tax on paper such as legal
documents or newspapers which the colonists
paid directly to the seller.
• Prior to this taxes were paid indirectlyby the
Merchants.
S
tampAct
S
tampAct
• This ACT led the colonist to protest “No Taxation
Without Representation”because colonist did not
have their own representative in Parliament and
thereforebelieved that they had no colonial voice
in Parliament.
• Colonists wanted the rights of their own colonial
assemblies to control taxation.
• Colonists organized a Stamp Act Congress and
aboycott on British goods (manufactured goods)
that led to the end of the Stamp Act.
Checking For Understanding
• Onyour whiteboards,please explain whythe
colonistsboycotted English Manufactured Goods.
− “NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!!!!”
Focus Statement
Explain event leading to
the American revolution
including theStampAct, the
Tea Acts and theSon’s ofLiberty.
S
ons and Daughters ofLiberty
• After the Stamp Act was repealed the Sons and
Daughters of Liberty were organized, in order to
protest British taxes.
• The Sons used tactics of persuasion and
intimidation to enforceboycotts
Burned Effigies ofTax co
l l ectors
Ransacked tax co
l l ectors homes
Threatened thel ives of tax co
l l ectors
• Daughters of Liberty stoppedbuying British goods
and found substitutes instead.
Townshend and Tea
Townshend duties
• Indirect tax imposedby British
on the import of paint, paper,
tea, and many other goods
• Now the colonists didn’t
want indirect taxes either
b
ecause it was a way for the
crown to gain revenue
instead of regulate trade.
• The colonistboycotted and
the duties were lifted
• Except the tax on TEA
Tea ACT
• Tea ACT was NOT a tax
• This gave the British East
India Company
exclusive rights to sell
tea in the colonies
b
ecause the East India
Tea Company had
financial problems and
Parliament wanted to
help
Checking for Understanding
• What tactics did the Sons of Liberty use
to stop the Stamp Act?
− Boycott
− Intimidation
− Persuasion
Colonial Propaganda
S
tampAct Poster
Hanging EffigyofTax Collector
Close
• How did the colonist feel about having to
help pay for the French and Indian War?
Now you create your own colonial protest poster
or cartoon
1. You are a colonist who wants to protest
taxes and treatment of colonists in your area.
2. Use information from your notes and text
book to decide what you would like to protest.
3. Your poster must have a clear statement of
what you are protesting.
4. Each topic must be illustrated.
5. You may use words and illustrations.
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SC Standards
Building of A Nation Textbook
Student Resource Manual
Document Camera/Promethean Board
PowerPoint
Teacher Created Notes
Teacher Created Graphic Organizers
Informational Text
Primary Source Documents