Module 4:The American Revolution

​Bell Ringer
5-7 minutes

By Teresa Smith

​Directions: Write and respond to the prompt. you are required to write 2-3 sentences.

Prompt: Imagine your favorite app or game video costs $2 every time you log in. How would you react? Why would this feel unfair?

Open Ended

Prompt: “Imagine your favorite app or video game suddenly costs $2 every time you log in. How would you react? Why would this feel unfair?”

Module 4: The American Revolution

Standard: 8.2-Evaluate the key people, factors and events which led to the American Revolution and the establishment of the United States government.

Objective:8.2.2-Recognize the major reasons for English taxes after the French and Indian War and Colonial responses from 1763-1774. (e.g., Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, etc.) 


I Can Statement: “I can explain why England taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War and describe how colonists responded to these taxes and laws

​the French and Indian War was fought between 1754 and 1763. It was a pivotal event that set the stage for the American Revolution. The conflict arose from territorial disputes, competition for resources, and colonial expansion. While the British emerged victorious, the consequences of the war sowed the seeds of dissatisfaction that would eventually lead to the quest for independence and the establishment of the United States government.

Multiple Choice

The French and Indian War was fought between

• 1734 and 1763

• 1764 and 1763

• 1754 and 1763

• 1755 and 1763

​ Great Britain Raises Taxes

Great Britain had won the French and Indian War, but Parliament still had to pay for it. Parliament raised the colonists' taxes for money to pay for the war. The tax money was used to help pay for a British army to protect the colonists against American Indian attacks. Parliament also tried harder to arrest smugglers avoiding taxes. Many colonists believed Britain had no right to tax them without their permission. In May 1764, Samuel Adams and James Otis inspired the slogan "No Taxation without Representation." Colonists refused to buy goods. They hoped Parliament would end the new taxes. Samuel Adams helped found the Committees of Correspondence was method of communication between towns and colonies about how to challenge new British laws.

Multiple Choice

What did Parliament do to pay for the French and Indian War?

• pay for the British army

• raise British taxes

• raise colonists taxes

• tax colonists without their permission

Multiple Choice

These groups were created to share information with other towns and colonies about ways to challenge new British laws.

• Colonists

• Boston Tea Party

• Committees of Correspondence

• House of Burgesses

Multiple Choice

In May 1764, What slogan was inspired by Samuel Adams and James Otis?

• "No new taxes"

• "The power to tax is the power to destroy"

• "Taxation With Representation"

• "Taxation Without Representation"

​The Proclamation of 1763: was a royal decree issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, that established a western boundary for colonial settlement following the French and Indian War.

The Stamp Act of 1765: required colonists to pay for an official stamp when buying paper items

The Townshend Acts: charged taxes on imported glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea

The Boston Massacre: shootings by British soldiers that killed five colonists

Boston Tea Party: a protest in which colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped over 340 tea chests from British ships into Boston Harbor.

Tea act: an act allowing a British company to sell cheap tea directly to the colonists

Intolerable Acts :The laws closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the lost tea

Quartering act: required colonists to house British soldiers

​ Tax Act

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required colonists to pay for official stamps when buying paper items​

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laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party​ ​

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an act allowing a British company to sell cheap tea directly to the colonists​

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required colonists to house British soldiers​ ​

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​After the French and Indian War, England attempted to recover its war debt and control its growing empire by imposing new taxes and laws on the American colonies. Measures such as the Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts were seen by colonists as unfair because they were enacted without colonial representation. Events like the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party revealed how anger and resentment were spreading, ultimately leading to Britain’s harsh response through the Intolerable Acts. These conflicts over taxation and control did not just challenge daily life in the colonies—they laid the foundation for a united resistance and the eventual movement toward independence.

​ Toward Independence

​Exit Ticket Prompt: “In 1 sentence, explain why the taxes and laws passed after the French and Indian War caused conflict between England and the colonies.”

Open Ended

Exit Ticket Prompt:
“In one sentence, explain why the taxes and laws passed after the French and Indian War caused conflict between England and the colonies.”