Essential Questions:
- What conflicts and events led to/caused the American revolution? What was the relative importance of each event in this chain of British action-colonial response-British reaction (and on)?
- What did each event contribute to ….
- AN INDEPENDENT / UNIQUE/DISTINCT AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW –
- How are Americans’ views of Parliament, and England in general, evolving?
- How does a unique American point of view, different from and opposed to the British point of view, take hold?
- INTERCOLONIAL COOPERATION AND LINKAGES UNITY -
- What kind of people are involved in what kinds of protest actions?
- Are the actions in primarily one region/colony or are they spreading and coordinated throughout the colonies?
- Are colonies uniting – in opposition to England?
Key Events:
| Sugar Act 1764 – |
Stamp Act 1765 – |
| Townshend Acts 1767 – |
Boston Massacre 1770 – |
| Tea Act 1773 – |
Coercive Acts 1774 – |
| Lexington/Concord 1775 – |
Common Sense 1776 – |
Use the databases (including Gale E-Books) and websites below to find primary and secondary sources about your topic. Keep track of alternate search terms (names, laws/acts, etc.) which might be useful in your search.
Use NoodleTools to create a bibliography (in Chicago style) which you will submit to your teacher.
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