American Revolution

The American Revolution

Today we will identify and understand the causes of the American Revolution.

Open Ended

What do you know about the 13 Colonies?

Write as many things as you can think of?

Who can list the most?

Open Ended

What do you already know about the American Revolution?

Make this chart in your Social Studies Notebook

You will have 2 minutes.

Brain Pop

Causes of the American Revolution

Multiple Select

Put a check in the box for each event that led to the American Revolution.

• The colonies were angry about the taxes on imported items.

• The colonies want to be ruled by the Native American instead of the British.

• The colonies did not like being ruled by a king.

• The coloinies did not have representation in Parliament.

Multiple Choice

Which act made the colonist buy all their tea from England?

• The Tea Act of 1773

• The Quartering Act of 1767

• The Sugar Act of 1746

• The Stamp Act of 1765

Multiple Choice

Which act taxed all legal and commercial documents including diplomas?

• The Sugar Act of 1764

• The Quartering Act of 1767

• The Stamp Act of 1765

• The Tea Act of 1773

Multiple Choice

Which act put a tax on sugar, molasses and other stuff the colonies imported?

• The Stamp Act of 1765

• The Towshed Acts of 1767

• The Tea Act of 1773

• The Sugar Act of 1764

Multiple Choice

Which act declared that British soldiers could stay in any private home they wanted?

• The Sugar Act of 1764

• The Quartering Act of 1767

• The Stamp Act of 1765

• The Towshet Acts of 1767

​Write down the names of people, places, dates, numbers and interesting facts.

Multiple Choice

What date did the Boston Massacre occur?

• May 5, 1776

• March 5, 1770

• March 5, 1970

• December 25, 1776

Open Ended

What caused the Boston Massacre?

The Boston Massacre was caused by_________________

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the runaway slave who was one of the first people to be killed during the massacre?

• Crispus Attucks

• Samuel Gray

• James Cadwell

• Captin Thomas Preston

Multiple Choice

What was the date that the Boston Tea Party Occured?

• December 16, 2010

• December 16, 1773

• March 5, 1770

• March 5, 1999

Multiple Choice

Who led the Sons of Liberty in the Boston Tea Party?

• Crispus Attucks

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Samuel Adams

Open Ended

Why do you think the colonist dressed up as Indians when they dumped the British Tea into the water?

Multiple Choice

What was the Intolerable Act?

• A series of laws

• A document colonist signed

• A tax on the soldiers by colonist

Multiple Choice

How many men were part of the first Contential Congress?

• 2

• 100

• 56

• 10

Open Ended

Why did the First Continental Congress meet in Philidelphia?

The First Continetal Congress meet to______________________.

Poll

Do you think the colonist should have fought against the British for freedom?

• Yes

• No

• Not Sure

Open Ended

Do you think the colonist should have fought against the British?  Explain your answer.

I think the colonist __________fought against the British because_________.