ACTIVITY
Tax Simulation Activity
Your Money
Now My Money (Taxes)
(Paid to King George III)
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Date _____________ Per. _________
RESPONSE
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Ch. 5: Road to the Constitution Timeline (1492-1788)
Use the timelines from chapters 3 (p.56-67), 4 (p.86-87), 5 (p.120-121), 6 (p.150-151), and 7 (p.184-185) of The American Journey: Early
Years, to fill in the bolded timeline boxes below.
1492
1607
1700s
1754
________
1765
Columbus reaches
America.
First English
settlement of
___________
established
Ch.3 (p.56-67)
Enslaved
__________
brought to
America.
Ch. 4 (p.86-87)
_________ &
_________ War
begins. They are
fighting over
territory West of
the Appalachians.
Ch. 4 (p.86-87)
Treaty of Paris
signed, ending the
French & Indian
War. Colonies
extend from
Atlantic to
Appalachian Mts.
Ch. 5 (p.120-121)
Colonists protest
___________ Act:
an unwanted tax on
printed material.
Ch. 5 (p.120-121)
_____
1775
_______
1774
1773
_______
Declaration of
Independence
written by colonists.
It was a resolution
to dissolve their
connection with
Britain.
Ch. 5 (p.120-121)
Colonists present
Olive Branch
Petition to King
George III, assuring
him they wanted
peace and asking
him to protect their
rights.
Revolutionary War
starts with the
Battles of Lexington
& Concord
Ch. 5 (p.120-121)
First
____________
Congress meets
to list colonists’
grievances
against King
George III.
Ch. 5 (p.120-121)
Boston Tea
Party- -colonists
protest Tea Act,
which ended
colonial
merchants’ role
in its sale
Boston Massacrefive killed, several
wounded in street
fight between
colonists & British
soldiers.
Ch. 5 (p.120-121)
1777
1781
1783
Jan. 1787
Feb. 1787
1788
Articles of
___________ are
written. They
establish the first
constitution for the
new nation.
Ch. 7 (p.184-185)
___________
surrender at
Yorktown. This
ends the
Revolutionary War.
Ch. 6 (p.150-151)
Second
__________ of
Paris signed.
Britain recognizes
the U.S. as an
independent
nation.
Boundaries of U.S.
reach the
Mississippi River.
Ch. 6 (p.150-151)
_________’s
Rebellion occurs
when soldiers
couldn’t pay their
taxes to help
government repay
Rev. War debts, and
the government
took their land and
threw them in jail.
Ch. 7 (p.184-185)
Congress calls
convention to
_________ Articles
of Confederation
because they’re
too weak.
(timeline on p.188)
Constitution is
____________. Nine
out of 13 states had
to approve it.
Ch. 7 (p.184-185)
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Date _____________ Per. _________
Complete the following boxes after watching the video and/or reading these sections: The Sugar Act p.122-3, New Taxes
p. 124, Protesting the Stamp Act p. 125, A Crisis Over Tea p. 128-9, and The Intolerable Acts p. 129.
British Trade Laws & Tax Acts
Sugar Act (1764)
Lowered tax on imported m________
to prevent smuggling & permitted
officers to s _______ goods from
smugglers without going to court
Colonists’ Reactions and Reasons
* Believed the actions v__________ their r________ as English
citizens.
“No parts of England’s colonies can be taxed without their
c________________. . . every part has a right to be represented.”
Pg. 123
Stamp Act (1765)
Placed a tax on almost all
p___________ material, including
newspapers, wills, and playing cards.
All printed material had to have a
s________ – applied after tax was
paid. Pg. 124
*Samuel Adams organized the Sons of Liberty to p___________ the
Stamp Act.
“Parliament had i___________ in colonial affairs by taxing the
colonies directly . . . [and] it taxed the colonists without their
c__________.
*Colonial merchants called for a new b____________.
*The Daughters of Liberty printed a pamphlet that said they’d
Allowed the British East India Company rather part with their tea than with their f____________.
Tea Act (1773)
sole control or a m_________ of the
trade for tea in America, bypassing
c__________ merchants who usually
distributed the tea. Pg. 128
Coercive Acts (1774)
*In Boston Harbor, the Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of t_____
overboard from three tea ships (the Boston Tea Party) showing
that they felt ___________________________________.
*Intended to punish and isolate the people of Massachusetts for
their resistance to British law but they only u__________ the
colonies because other colonies sent food and clothing to support
B____________
C________ Boston Harbor until
colonists paid for the ruined tea and so
preventing the arrival of f_____ and
other supplies that came by ship,
*The colonists held that the Coercive Acts violated their rights as
banned most town meetings in New E__________ citizens. These included no quartering of t________
England, forced Bostonians to shelter in private homes and no standing a________ in peacetime.
soldiers in their homes. Pg. 129
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Date _____________ Per. _________
RESPONSE
SHORT ANSWER: Write a RAFT letter.
ROLE: a colonist
 Minimum of 2 Acts/Taxes
AUDIENCE: King George III
 3 or 4 reasons is what 7th graders
should use to analyze (2 reasons
you don’t like that act/tax)
FORMAT: letter
TOPIC: reasons you are unhappy with the King and his taxes
SPECIAL WORDS: use verbs: disagree, remove
Dear ______________________________,
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Sincerely,
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Ch. 5.1: Trouble in Boston
As you read pp. 126-129 in your textbook sections “Trouble in Boston,” “The Boston Massacre,”, “The Word Spreads,” “A Crisis Over Tea,”
and “The Boston Tea Party,” answer the following questions.
1. Give 2 reasons British troops were sent to Boston.
a. ______________________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Give 3 reasons colonists felt that the British had pushed them too far?
a. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
c. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Put the five key events leading up to the killing of five colonists in Boston in chronological order by numbering them 1-5.
_____ AFTER ONE SOLDIER WAS KNOCKED DOWN, THE NERVOUS REDCOATS DID FIRE, KILLING FIVE COLONISTS.
_____A FIGHT BROKE OUT BETWEEN BOSTONIANS AND SOLDIERS. SOME BRITISH OFFICERS TRIED TO CALM THE CROWD.
_____ ANGRY TOWNSPEOPLE MOVED TOWARD THE CUSTOMHOUSE, PICKING UP STICKS, STONES, AND CLUBS ON THE WAY.
_____ THE CROWD SCREAMED AT THE SOLDIERS, “FIRE, YOU BLOODYBACKS, YOU LOBSTERS. YOU DARE NOT FIRE.”
_____ AS THE CROWD APPROACHED, THEY THREW STICKS AND STONES AT A SENTRY, WHO PANICKED AND CALLED FOR HELP.
4. List 2 colonists’ reactions to the killings.
a.________________________________________________________________________________________________
b.________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What was the British reaction to what became known as the Boston Massacre?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
6. The Tea Act gave the East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea but also exempted it from having to pay the tax that
other tea merchants had to pay. Above all, it ended the ability of colonial merchants to ____________ the tea and make a
profit. The merchants called for a new ____________ of tea and colonists said they would _______ the company from
_______________ its tea.
7. List 3 key events of the Boston Tea Party.
a. __________________________________________________________________________________________________
b.___________________________________________________________________________________________________
c.___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Date _____________ Per. _________
RESPONSE
SHORT ANSWER * Content Area I Am Poem. Based on your reading and answers to the questions on the Boston
Tea Party, please write a poem as if you were one of the Sons of Liberty. Lines of the poem should be complete
sentences & should include some factual information supporting your actions that night. Follow this format,
remembering that it should start and end with the same phrase: I am one of Boston’s Sons of Liberty . . .
I am_________________________________
I wonder ______________________________
I hear ________________________________
I know ________________________________
I see _________________________________
I want ________________________________
I am _________________________________
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Primary Source: The Boston Massacre
1. A few minutes after nine o’clock four youths . . . the two former were passing the narrow alley leading Mr.
2.Murray’s barrack in which was a soldier brandishing a broad sword of an uncommon size against the walls . . . a
3.young lad, coming up, knocked the soldier down but let him get up again; and more lads gathering, drove them
4.back to the barrack . . . . In less than a minute ten or twelve of them came out with drawn cutlasses, clubs, and
5.bayonets and set upon the unarmed boys and young folk . . .
6. On hearing the noise, one Samuel Atwood came up to see what was the matter . . . and when the boys had
7.dispersed he met the ten or twelve soldiers . . . one of them struck Mr. Atwood . . . a party of men with charged
8.bayonets, came from the main guard to the commissioner’s house, the soldiers pushing their bayonets, crying,
9make way! . . . One soldier then fired, and a townsman with a cudgel struck him over the hands . . . However, the
10.soldiers continued the fire successively till seven or eight or, as some say, eleven guns were discharged.
11.By this fatal manoeuvre three men were laid dead on the spot and two more struggling for life . . .
--The Boston Gazette and Country Journal, March 12, 1770
After reading the newspaper article above, think about what you already know about the Boston Massacre. Then
read each question and all the answer choices. Use the excerpt and what you know to help you choose the best
answer for each question and place the correct letter on the line.
____1. Who started the fight?
A. an American colonist
B. Samuel Atwood
C. a British soldier
D. Mr. Murray
____2. Who fired the first gunshot?
A. Mr. Murray
B. a British soldier
C. Samuel Atwood
D. an American colonist
____3. Why did the colonist most likely knock down
the British soldier?
A. He saw the soldier strike Samuel Atwood
B. He was threatened by the soldier’s sword
C. He was angry about British taxes and control
D. He wanted other soldiers to come out and
fight
____4. How many colonists were killed
immediately?
A. 11
B. 8
C. 5
D. 3
____5. What is the best synonym for the word brandishing
as used in line 2?
A. marking
B. waving
C. sharpening
D. branding
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_____6. What is the best synonym for the word
fatal as used in line 11?
A. fateful
B. brave
C. decisive
D. deadly
Name _______________________________
Date _____________ Per. _________
RESPONSE
Differing Accounts of the Boston Massacre
Primary Document (PD)
Textbook (Tbk)
The Boston Massacre --The Boston Gazette and Country
Page 127 American Journey “The Boston Massacre”
Journal, March 12, 1770
A few minutes after nine o’clock four youths . . . the two
former were passing the narrow alley leading Mr. Murray’s
barrack in which was a soldier brandishing a broad sword of an
uncommon size against the walls . . . a young lad, coming up,
knocked the soldier down but let him get up again; and more lads
gathering, drove them back to the barrack . . . . In less than a
minute ten or twelve of them came out with drawn cutlasses,
clubs, and bayonets and set upon the unarmed boys and young
folk . . .
On hearing the noise, one Samuel Atwood came up to see what
was the matter . . . and when the boys had dispersed he met the
ten or twelve soldiers . . . one of them struck Mr. Atwood . . . a
party of men with charged bayonets, came from the main guard
to the commissioner’s house, the soldiers pushing their bayonets,
crying, make way! . . . One soldier then fired, and a townsman
with a cudgel struck him over the hands . . . However, the soldiers
continued the fire successively till seven or eight or, as some say,
eleven guns were discharged.
By this fatal maneuver three men were laid dead on the spot
and two more struggling for life . . .
On March 5, 1770, a fight broke out between Bostonians and the
soldiers. While some British officers tried to calm the crowd, one
man shouted, We did not send for you. We will not have you here.
We’ll get rid of you, we’ll drive you away!”
The angry townspeople moved toward the customhouse, where
British taxes were collected, picking up sticks, stones, and clubs. As
the crowd approached, the sentry panicked and called for help. The
crowd threw sticks and stones at the soldiers. “Fire, you
bloodybacks, you lobsters,” the crowd screamed. “You dare not
fire.”
After one soldier was knocked down, the nervous redcoats did
fire, killing five colonists. One Bostonian cried: “Are the inhabitants
to be knocked down in the streets? Are they to be murdered….?”
Among the dead was Crispus Attucks, a dockworker who was part
African, part Native American. The colonists called the tragic
encounter, or unexpected meeting the Boston Massacre.
List briefly the similarities and the differences in the accounts given by the primary document and the textbook (p. 127) of the incidents
before, during, and after the Boston Massacre.
Before
Similarity: They both stated that A FIGHT BROKE OUT BETWEEN ___________________ AND _______________
Difference: Only the PRIMARY DOCUMENT mentioned THAT A YOUNG __________ KNOCKED DOWN A BRITISH ___________
During
Similarity: THE ________________ DROVE (PUSHED) THE SOLDIERS BACK
Difference: THE TBK SAYS THE COLONISTS CARRIED ___________, ___________, AND ________;
THE PD SAYS THEY WERE ______________
ONLY THE TBK SAYS THE COLONISTS WERE ____________ THE SOLDIERS SAYING, “FIRE, YOU BLOODYBACKS, YOU LOBSTERS
After
Similarity: COLONISTS SHOT – WITH A NUMBER OF ______________________
Difference: THE COLONISTS USED THE SHOOTINGS AS ______________ CALLING IT A ______________
THE BRITISH IMMEDIATELY REPEALED OR CANCELLED ALL OF THE TOWNSHEND ________ EXCEPT THE ONE ON _________
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ACTIVITY
A.C.E Strategy
A = Answer the Question
1. Make sure that you completely ANSWER the question.
2. Use key words from the question in your response.
C = Cite Evidence
1. Cite evidence from readings, graphs or illustrations to
support, prove or explain.
E = Extend/Explain Answer
1. Extend your response by explaining the connection between
the information that you cited and the answer
2. Make it clear that you know the answer because of the
evidence
3. Relate back to main idea of the question
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Date _____________ Per. _________
RESPONSE
Based on both the textbook and the primary source, write about the Boston Massacre. Which side was more at fault
during the event? Cite textual evidence to support your analysis of what happened on that long ago night of March
5th, 1770.
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VOCABULARY: Use your knowledge of text features and define each underlined, italicized vocabulary word.
1. Colonial leaders used the killings as propaganda. Samuel Adams put up posters that described the “Boston Massacre.” His
posters showed a slaughter of innocent Americans by bloodthirsty redcoats. An engraving by Paul Revere showed British
troops firing on an orderly crowd. (p.126)
_________________________________________________________________
2. The resolutions called on the people of the country to arm themselves against the British. The people responded by forming
militias. (p. 133)
_________________________________________________________________
3. They faced a major decision. Should they join the rebels or remain loyal to Great Britain? The Loyalists did not consider
unfair taxes and regulations good reasons for rebellion. (p. 137)
_________________________________________________________________
4. They faced a major decision. Should they join the rebels or remain loyal to Great Britain? The Patriots believed that British
rule had become unbearable and were determined to fight the British. (p. 137)
_________________________________________________________________
5. Congress sent a petition to George III. It assured the king of the colonists’ desire for peace and asked him to protect the
colonists’ rights. (p. 140)
_________________________________________________________________
6. As the boycott spread, British merchants lost so much business that they begged Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act.
_________________________________________________________________
7. Britain needed new revenue, to pay troop expenses. This left Britain with a huge debt.
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Date _____________ Per. _________
RESPONSE
A.C.E Strategy
Directions: Make sure your ACE writing from page 27 is finished. When it is, switch papers
with another student in class. Number the student’s paper as it is numbered below.
For example: Place a #3 where there is text evidence written.
A = Answer the Question
1. Make sure that you completely ANSWER the question.
2. Use key words from the question in your response.
C = Cite Evidence
3. Cite evidence from readings, graphs or illustrations to support,
prove or explain.
E = Extend/Explain Answer
4. Extend your response by explaining the connection between the
information that you cited and the answer
5. Make it clear that you know the answer because of the evidence
6. Relate back to main idea of the question
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Ch. 5: The Battles of Lexington and Concord
~The Shot Heard Around the World~
After reading & annotating p. 30A-E, answer the following questions.
1. How were the colonists preparing for war with Britain? ______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. When referring to the New England colonies, King George III said that “blows must decide” who would control
America. What do you think he meant and how can you support your answer? ____________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Why did 700 British soldiers march out of Boston headed towards Concord? ___________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What was the role of each of the following colonists on the night of April 18, 1775?
Dr. Warren: _______________________________________________________________________________
Paul Revere and William Dawes: ______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Samuel Adams and John Hancock: _____________________________________________________________
5. Captain John Parker told the 70 minutemen he was leading at Lexington, “Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless
fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.”
The British officer leading the 700 Redcoats cried out on meeting the militia on the town common, “Throw down
your arms, ye villains, ye rebels!”
What happened next? _________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
6. When the British arrived in Concord, the militia’s gunpowder had been removed. At Concord’s North Bridge,
the minutemen turned back the British. What happened next? _______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
7. The colonists had taken on the largest and most powerful empire in the world. Why do you think that what
happened in Lexington and Concord was “heard around the world?” __________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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Date _____________ Per. _________
RESPONSE
*SHORT ANSWER: Develop a logical argument as to why you would choose to be a loyalist or a patriot. Include five
reasons as cited in the text to support your choice (pp.137, 140).
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Ch. 5: Declaration of Independence
Read the actual Declaration of Independence on pages 146-149 of The American Journey: Early Years. You may also find the
choral reading of the Declaration video helpful. Write notes in the table below as you read.
FOUR PARTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Preamble (What’s the purpose of the preamble?)
*The purpose of the preamble is to______________________________________________________
Declaration of Natural Rights (What are the basic rights of citizens?)
*Basic rights include the right to _________, _____________, & ____________________________.
List of Grievances
(Use the word bank to fill in the blanks about colonists’ complaints against the British government (King George III)
Representative Houses
Armies
emigrating
jobs/salaries
war
Swarms/eat
lives
taxes
laws
trial
He has refused to pass important and necessary _________________ which are necessary for the public good
He has broken up certain _______________ that opposed him and refused to let others be elected
He refused to establish courts and justice and made judges dependent on him for their _________ and ______________
He tried to prevent others from ________________ to the colonies to stop the population of these States
He has sent ___________ of British officers to harass our people and _______ our food
He has kept standing ___________ in times of peace and made military power superior to Civil power
He imposed _____________ on us without our consent and cut off our trade with all parts of the world.
He denied us of the benefits of a __________ by jury
He denied colonists the right to form own gov’t, refused us his protection, & declared ___________ against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the __________ of our people
Resolution of Independence by the U.S. (The writers tell King George III that they wanted to be seen as what?)
*They wanted to be seen as __________& ______________states. They want to be free of any ties to the
politics of the __________ _______________ and Great Britain. They want the power to declare ______, conclude peace,
contract alliances, establish ____________________, and to do everything else independent states have the right to do.
The signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged to each other their ______________, fortunes, and sacred honor.
If they had not won the Revolutionary War, the signers could have been charged with treason & ________________.
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RESPONSE
EXIT SLIP
List three things you learned about the Declaration of Independence:
1-____________________________________________________________________________
2-____________________________________________________________________________
3-____________________________________________________________________________
Explain in what 2 ways the Declaration of Independence is like a break up
letter.
1-____________________________________________________________________________
2-____________________________________________________________________________
1 question you have about the document, the grievances, or King George III:
1-____________________________________________________________________________
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DBQ Document-Based Questions DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions in the space provided using the map of the
Battles of Lexington and Concord.
MASSACHUSETTS
April 19
April 19
Prescott
Revere
Dawes
____1. In which state were the battles of Lexington and Concord fought?
A. New Hampshire
C. Rhode Island
B. Connecticut
D. Massachusetts
____2. The battles of Lexington and Concord were fought
A. on the same day
B. at the same exact location
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D. one month apart
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