Standard: SS8H3a Essential Question: Why was there an American Revolution? Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ____________________ Per: ________ T.o.C. # ________ French and Indian War: Beginnings of Revolution? Handout 1 You will be assigned ONE of the roles of a person living in the North America during the 1750s-1760s. Your goal is to think from the perspective of that person, and come to a conclusion for this question: Why did this group fight in the French and Indian War and how could this have led to a larger revolution? Will it be you? YOUR Role Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie You are Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia, which means that you are the second most powerful member of the colonial government in your colony. Having an important job is great, but it doesn’t pay for the expensive clothes that your children want. Your daughters are getting older—old enough to get married—and in order to attract a proper suitor, they need to dress in the latest fashions that appear in all of the finest salons in Europe. You want them to be happy, so you need to find a way to make more money. To make more money, you decide to sell land out west in the Ohio Valley. Because you’re the Lieutenant Governor, you have the power to give a company the right to sell that land. You then become the president of the new Ohio Company so you can get rich selling that land in the Ohio Valley to the colonists. This plan works well, and you are able to make your children very happy. The only problem with your scheme is that the French colonists in New France think that they own the land. To show how serious they are about keeping the land, the French send 800 soldiers and start building forts in the Ohio Valley. You are now very nervous about the future of your business and the safety of your colony. Comprehension Questions: 1. Do you have a right to sell the land in the Ohio Valley? Why or why not? 2. Determine at least two appropriate responses that you could take to the actions of the French colonists in the area. Standard: SS8H3a Essential Question: Why was there an American Revolution? French and Indian War: Beginnings of Revolution? Handout 2 Use the criteria below: economic background, loyalty, and worldview to describe the passage from the point of view of the role you were assigned. Be prepared to share your answers. Susanna Boyd Economic Background (Job, social class, education, etc.) Loyalty (Which European power or native group do they side with and why?) Worldview (Beliefs about power, land ownership, responsibilities, etc.) Jacques Gladieux Gov. Dinwiddie George Washington Standard: SS8H3a Essential Question: Why was there an American Revolution? French and Indian War: Beginnings of Revolution? Handout 3 Susanna Boyd Governor Dinwiddie Jacques Gladieux George Washington Standard: SS8H3a Essential Question: Why was there an American Revolution? French and Indian War: Beginnings of Revolution? Handout 4 Think-Tac-Toe Activities Select a song OR write your own that you think reflects the sentiments of the majority of English settlers in North America. Explain your choice in at least 5-7 sentences. Create a mnemonic device to help students remember why the French and Native Americans were against British expansion in the Ohio Valley. Think about background information from today’s lesson. Conduct research on a real individual who was involved in the French and Indian War (besides George Washington) and create a PowerPoint presentation on their role in the war. Must be between 6-10 sentences. Illustrate a political cartoon based on one of the perspectives we studied today. It can be pro- OR anti-British expansion into the Ohio Valley, depending on whose perspective you draw from. Must include at least 2-3 panels (minimum) and dialogue of 2 characters. Create a journal entry where you compare the territorial struggle in the Ohio Valley to a struggle that you have gone through yourself. Include similarities and differences you see. Must be 5-7 sentences. Write out a script between TWO of the points of view that we studied today (Susanna, Jacques, Governor Dinwiddie, George Washington), imagining why they would be speaking or how they would interact. Be prepared to act it out! Must be at least 10 lines long-- 5 lines per character. If this were a scientific experiment, do you have enough evidence to say that an war is inevitable? Following all steps from the scientific method, create a hypothesis to answer the question and “test” it based on your analysis. Script out a trial between TWO of the points of view that we studied today (Susanna, Jacques, Governor Dinwiddie, George Washington) where one person has the other person on trial for a crime. This should be similar to a debate. Be prepared to act it out! Must be at least 10 lines long-- 5 lines per character. Activity of YOUR choice (Must have teacher approval to work on this option)
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