Essential Questions
- How did Britain’s victory over France in the Seven Years’ War lead to new conflicts in North America?
- How did perceived and real constraints on the colonists’ economic activities and political rights spark a colonial independence movement and war with Great Britain?
- What were the arguments for and against colonial independence from Great Britain?
Role Play
- One student plays Benjamin Franklin
- One student plays a member of the House of Commons.
- Students collaborate with these individuals to construct positions on colonial responses to British legislation and other events impacting colonial life between 1765-1775, and the impact of these laws and events on colonial/British trade.
- Students are provided a list of groups living in the colonies in 1776;
- categorize each group as likely to side with the pro-separation colonists or the Tories
- Groups: merchants/farmers/sailors/southerners/importers
Formative Assessment
Students use the SOAPSTone strategy to analyze and compare the two political cartoons in an exit ticket paragraph.
Discuss
- To what extent did the Stamp Act and other British actions between 1763 and 1775 contribute to the drawing of these cartoons?
- Was the purpose of the cartoons to encourage separation or conciliation? Explain.
- Were the cartoonists ridiculing or supporting British policies?
Homework
Read
American Pageant Chapter 7 pages 130-140
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