Reading #1: Pages 105 - 109 (Downey Book)
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Reading #1: Expanding Empire (105 – 109)
Topic: The British Fight the French for control of the Ohio River Valley
Essential Question:
1. What was one cause of the French and Indian War and what were two results
of it?
Thinking on Your Own
1. Great Britain and _____________ fought over the ________ ______ Valley in the 1750s.
Frontier Fighting
2. How did the French try to block or prevent the British from moving into the Ohio River Valley?
3. General ____________’s death in __________ (year) triggered (began) the French and Indian
War.
The French & Indian War
4. ____________ and _________ fought over territory in North America from 1755 – 1763.
_________ eventually won the war.
5. What new land did Great Britain (or England) win after the war ended?
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Defending the British Empire
6. Why did Great Britain need money after the war was over?
7. __________ ___________ was the King of Great Britain in 1763.
8. What act did the king issue after the war and what was its purpose?
9. The _____________ Act and the _________ Act were passed by the British ___________ to
collect money to pay for the soldiers in America and for the debt from the French and Indian war.
Contrasting Maps
10. Compare the two maps on page 109. Point out 2 ways they are different.
1. What was one cause as well as two results of the French and Indian War?
Cause:
Result #1:
Result #2:
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Reading #2: Pages 110 – 112 (Downey Book)
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Reading #2 : No Taxation Without Representation (110 – 112)
Topic: British try to deal with the cost of protecting the colonies
1. Why did the British issue the Proclamation Act and how did the colonists react?
2. Explain two Acts that Parliament passed to stop smuggling and raise money? Why did each
act cause colonial resistance?
3. What was the Boston Massacre? Do you believe it was a “massacre”?
Thinking on Your Own
1. Define smuggling in your own words.
The Stamp Act Crisis
2. Why did the Stamp Act upset the colonists? (Use the word assemblies in your answer.)
3. How did the colonists resist or protest the Stamp Act?
4. Did the colonial protest work? Why or why not?
The Townshend Duties
5. The ____________ ___________ Act put a tax (duty) on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea.
6. What did the colonists do to resist the Townshend Act?
Continued on the following page . . .
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The Boston Massacre
7. Why did the British government send soldiers (troops) to Boston in the late 1760s?
8. What happened on March 5, 1770?
1. Why did the British issue the Proclamation Act and why did the colonists
react the way they did?
Visual
Why issued?
Reaction:
2. Explain two Acts that Parliament passed to stop smuggling and raise money? Why did each
act cause colonial resistance?
The ____________ Act of ____, which __________________________________________,
caused the colonists to resist because
The ____________ Act of ____, which __________________________________________,
caused the colonists to resist because
3. What was the Boston Massacre?
Reading #3: Pages 114 – 118 (Downey Book)
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Reading #3: In Defense of Liberty
Topic: British abuses lead to open rebellion and organized acts of defiance
1. Explain why the British passed the Tea Act and the colonists’ reaction to the act (include the
Boston Tea Party in your response).
2. Explain why the British passed the Coercive Acts and the colonists’ reaction to the act (include
the First Continental Congress in your response).
Thinking On Your Own
1. What were two things Parliament did to “make friends” again with the colonies?
The Tea Act
2. Why did the colonists oppose the Tea Act?
The Intolerable Acts
3. The British _______________ passed the _________ Acts to punish Boston for the Boston
________ __________ .
4. What does the word “intolerable” mean? (Look it up!) What were two of the Intolerable Acts?
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The Continental Congress
5. Fill in the chart below on the Continental Congress.
Continental Congress
When Created (Year)?
Where did they meet?
Who came?
Purpose of Congress?
What did they do?
Chapter Summary
6. After reading the chapter summary, W\write a letter to a friend explaining three reasons why the
colonists are mad at King George III and Parliament. Use three highlighted words in your letter.
(Please do not use any curse words!)
(Answer the essential questions on the following page.)
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2. Explain why the British passed the Tea Act and the colonists’ reaction to the act (include the
Boston Tea Party in your response).
Reason:
Colonist Reaction:
3. Explain why the British passed the Coercive Acts and the colonists’ reaction to the act (include
the First Continental Congress in your response).
Reason:
Colonist Reaction:
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Reading #4: Pages 121 – 128 (Downey Book)
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Reading #4: From Peaceful Protest to Violence
Topic: Colonists begin to organize local governments and militias
1. What happened at Lexington and Concord?
2. What happened at the Battle of Bunker Hill and why was its outcome important?
3. What was Common Sense and why was it important to the creation of the United States?
Thinking on Your Own
1. Whom did the colonists hope would help them? Why do you believe he chose not to help?
Lexington & Concord
2. Why were British troops marching for Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775? Explain what
happened on that day? (Point out at least 3 details.)
3. According to the map of the battle on the bottom of the page, the march from Boston to concord
was about _____ miles (Use the scale on the map to figure this out).
Olive Branch Petition
4. While the Continental Congress sent _________ the ________ _________ petition hoping for
peace they also put __________ ___________ in charge of the Continental Army.
Battle of Bunker Hill
5. Why might the minutemen (colonial army) have been “happy” with the fighting at “Bunker Hill”
even though they had to retreat?
6. Why did the British troops leave Boston?
Common Sense
7. _______ _______ wrote Common Sense in January of ________ (year).
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8. What did the pamphlet, Common Sense, say?
9. What was Common Sense’s “political impact”?
Congress Votes for Independence
10. The ________ ___________ Congress selected ________ _________ to write the
___________ of ___________. On July ____ it was approved. It told the world that the 13 colonies
were now the _________ ________ of _________.
The Declaration of Independence
11. According to Thomas Jefferson, why were the colonists breaking with Great Britain? (In other
words, why were they getting a divorce?)
1. What happened at Lexington and Concord?
2. What happened at the Battle of Bunker Hill and why was its outcome important?
What?
Outcome important?
3. What was Common Sense and why was it important to the creation of the United States?
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Reading #5: Pages 130 – 134 (Downey Book)
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Reading #5: Winning Independence
Topic: Despite extreme difficulties, the Colonial Army wins the war
1. How did the colonists succeed at Saratoga? When was it? Why was this victory important?
2. What were two results of the war (Treaty of Paris)?
Thinking on Your Own
1. What so you believe (the British troops or the Colonial army) has the best chance of winning the
war and why?
The War in the North and the Frontier
2. Where did the colonists have the most success fighting the British? Why?
Tories and Traitors
3. The Tories or _____________ made up ______ percent of the population of the British colonies.
Many Tories lost their _________ and ______ during the war.
The War in the South
4. Why was the British move to Yorktown in 1781 a mistake?
5. What were two parts of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
Essential Questions on the following page . . .
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1. How did the colonists succeed at Saratoga? When was it? Why was this victory important?
Why succeed?
When?
Result #1:
Result #2:
2. What were two results of the war (Treaty of Paris)?
1.
2.
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