Understanding Colonial Unrest

Colonial Unrest-O-Meter

Proclamation of 1763

Quatering

Act 1765

Stamp Act 176

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Townshend

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Boston Massacre

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Boston Tea

Party 1773

Intolerable Acts 1774

First Continental

Congress 1774

Lexington and

Concord 1775

The Unrest-O-Meter

UnderstandingColonial Unrest

Groupwork Activity, SWBAT• Given placards with short descriptions of

selected events:

1.Discuss events that turned proud British subjects of 1763 into rebellious Americans by 1775.

2.Rate the relative levels of “unrest” for each event

3.Choose five of the nine events to create a timeline with appropriate illustrations and descriptive sentences to summarize the information learned in this activity.

Unrest-O-Meter Process

• Divide into groups no greater than four or five.• Placards will be passed from group to group at Mr. B’s

direction (no rushing! 5 – 7 minutes ea.).• Locate the event on the matrix (the letter after the 3.3_ )• One group member reads the placard to the rest of the

group. The group summarizes.• Group discussion to reach consensus on that event’s

rating and rationale.• When directed, pass placard clockwise (from a top

looking down position).• When all nine events have been discussed, adjust your

meter to show no more than 36 blocks.

Criteria

8 Intentional Death / Killing7 Accidental death6 Rioting & massive property damage5 Organized protest with prop damage4 Organized protest & demonstrations3 Petitioning & spontaneous protesting2 Complaining publicly, support seeking1 Pouting, complaining

Unrest-O-Meter Rating Criteria

• Discuss criteria to be used for ratings.

Class Consensus

• Groups summarize events while Mr. B marks an overhead Unrest-O-Meter. No discussion of rating, only clarification of event.

• After all nine events are placed, class consensus to arrive at 36 rating blocks.

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EXAMPLE ONLY

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

3.3A Proclamation of 1763

• The King said, “ . . . “

• Why?– 1– 2

3.3B The Quartering Act

• Requirements of the act

• Colonists reaction– 1– 2– 3

3.3C The Stamp Act

• Stamp tax

• Stamp Act Congress (Virginia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Georgia were

not represented.) – Action . . .

• John Adams said this was the “birth of the revolution.”

3.3D The Townshend Acts

• Indirect

• Colonists reaction

3.3E The Boston Massacre

• Date

• Description

• Result

• Propaganda uses

3.3F The Boston Tea Party

• 1773 Tea Act.

• Irony

• Bostonians actions– 1– 2

3.3G The Intolerable Acts

• Also called . . .

• Enforcement– 1– 2– Until . . .

• “if can be done to Boston . . .”

3.3H The First Continental Congress

• Endorsed resolutions– 1– 2– 3

3.3I Lexington and Concord

• Date• British intentions• Locals response.

73 British solders were dead & 174 were wounded.49 patriots were killed, 39 more were wounded.

Unrest O’Meter TimelineThe last item is Lex and Con 1775You need to add 5 more events and place them in the proper year with pictures

1763

1766

1767

1768

1769

1770

1771

1772

1773

1774

1775

1764

1765

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.

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.

RubricUnrest O-Meter Project: Timeline / Graph25 point Events Symbols Summary AppearanceProject 1x 1x 2x 1x

5 BriefSelected events Perfect! Concise Beautiful!show escalation Creative! All important Aide in learning.properly scaled Properly leveled elements.

4Selected events Very Good! Brief Looks very nice.show escalation Concisescale a little off

3Selected events Close Brief Looks nice.show escalation Representation

scale off2

Events do not Almost Somewhat Looks.show escalation connected

1Where did you find No connection Wrong. Sloppy.

these events? to event

Don't forget the

NO-BRAINER Rubric!