8th Grade 3/22 8B

Would the United States have been better if they stayed under British control?

I can explain why the people living in the 13 colonies wanted independence.

8. SS. 5. The ideas of the Enlightenment and dissatisfaction with colonial rule led English colonists to write the Declaration of Independence and launch the American Revolution

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Bellwork: This is an ancient invention that allows you to see through walls.

Back to School Expectations

• Stay in your seat -- if you need to stand, make sure you can keep 1 hand on your chair

• Keep your mask up

• Follow the bathroom break schedule

• Be responsible and respectful

Multiple Choice

What does the word 'boycott' mean?

• cruel or unfair treatment by people with power

• to refuse to buy, use, or participate in something as a way of protesting

• the state or quality of being independent

• to make a law no longer valid

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Which of your vocabulary words means "to say or state something in an official way"

Multiple Choice

What does the term "independence" mean?

• to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting

• cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others

• freedom from outside control or support

• a group of people who are not part of the armed forces of a country but are trained like soldiers

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What is "a group of people who are not part of the armed forces of a country but are trained like soldiers"

Poll

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Let's Talk, Again (8B)

• How would you feel if somebody told you what to do and they lived on the opposite side of the world?