Are you a Patriot or a Loyalist?
• How would they see things differently?
Directions: Write a letter to the editor of a colonial newspaper in 1776 in
which you support or oppose the American struggle for independence. Use at
least three reasons to support your point of view. Use your knowledge of the
causes of the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence in
your answer. (A list of Causes is on the next slide/page.)
Causes The Revolution
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Christopher Snider Feb 22
Boston Massacre March 5
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
 New taxes
 Quartering of soldiers in
homes
 Curfews
 Stopping legislatures from
meeting
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
Taxation with out representation
Boycotts of British Goods
 Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes
 Lexington and Concord
 The attitude and actions of Parliament
 French and Indian War
 Massive war debt in Britain
 Mercantilism
 3000 miles from England to Colonies
 Colonies have self-government for over 100 years.
 Sons and Daughters of Liberty
 Take law into their own hands
 Bunker Hill Victory (Kings says colonies in
Rebellion)