10-­‐22-­‐14 1. What is true of South Carolina’s government during the Colonial period: a. It became less democraAc b. It became more like a monarchy c. It became more democraAc d. It became more like a dictatorship Answer: c 2. What was one of the complaints of Back Country seGlers? a. They paid taxes but did not have adequate representaAon b. SC government was ever present and overwhelming. c. The government had too many officials in the area d. Police officers were harassing the seGlers Answer: a Road to Revolution
Indicator 8-2.2
Road to Revolution Focus Statement
State Standard 8-2
The student will demonstrate an
understanding of the causes of
the American Revolution and the
beginnings of the new nation,
with an emphasis on South
Carolina’s role in the
development of that nation
State Indicator 8-2.2
Summarize the response of South
Carolina to events leading to the
American Revolution, including
the Stamp Act, the Tea Acts, and
the Sons of Liberty.
Summarize the
response of South
Carolina to events
leading to the
American
Revolution,
including the
Stamp Act, the
Tea Acts, and the
Sons of Liberty.
Previous Knowledge
•  Students should have some prior knowledge of the Tea
Act, the Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of
Independence and South Carolina’s role in these events.
Students also learned about the perspectives of Patriots,
Loyalists, women, enslaved and free Africans, and Native
Americans and the course of the war in South Carolina.
Students also learned about the role of the French and
Indian War in bringing about a change in British colonial
policies and colonial resistance through boycotts,
congresses, and petitions. Students also learned how the
Enlightenment influenced the American Revolution.
Future Knowledge
•  In United States History, students will examine the conflict
between colonial legislatures and the British Parliament over
the right to tax that resulted in the American Revolutionary
War
Video
Relevance
•  What do you do when you have been treated
unfair?
•  What do you do?
−  Talk about it?
−  Tell your side of the story?
−  Argue?
The colonist felt as though they were being used for
financial gain by the Crown. They thought they were
treated unfair, now they take action. They protest,
boycott, plan to break away……
Focus Statement
Summarize the response of South
Carolina to events leading to the
American Revolution, including the
Stamp Act, the Tea Acts, and the Sons
of Liberty.
Example
Vocabulary
/Key Terms
Definition
Parliament
1. In Great Britain, the England’s
grand assembly of the Legislative body
three estates, the lords
spiritual, lords
temporal, and the
commons
United States
Congress or
House of
Representatives
Merchant
A man who traffics or
carries on trade with
foreign countries, or
who exports and
imports goods and
sells them by
wholesale.
Sony Electronics
beats audio
Individual
craftsmen or
builder
Boycott
withdraw from
commercial or social
relations with (a
country, organization,
or person) as a
punishment or protest.
Wal-Mart
boycotted Paula
Dean
You stop going to
a business for a
while after bad
service, but you
soon return
NonExample
Focus Statement
Summarize the response of South
Carolina to events leading to the
American Revolution, including the
Stamp Act, the Tea Acts, and the Sons
of Liberty.
8-2.3 Summarize the response of South Carolina to events
leading to the American Revolution, including the Stamp
Act, the Tea Acts, and the Sons of Liberty
•  Students will complete chart summarizing the response of
SC to events leading to the American Revolution.
•  I Do: The teacher will model using informational text to find
relevant information about the events leading to the
American Revolution.
•  We Do: Work together finding information summarizing the
events leading to the American Revolution.
•  You Do: The students will complete the graphic organizer
•  Students will then share responses
Guided Practice
Guided Practice
I DO
Steps Toward Revolution
What the Action
Colonist
Did Reaction British Reaction Stamp Act Guided Practice
WE DO
Steps Toward Revolution
What the Action
Colonist
Did Reaction British Reaction Stamp Act Guided Practice
Steps Toward Revolution
What the Action
Did Townshend
Acts Tea Acts Intolerable
Acts Stamp Act Colonist
Reaction British Reaction Guided Practice
Steps Toward Revolution
What the Action
Did Stamp Act Colonist required to pay for Colonist reacted
stamp on paper products such violently . Sons of
as newspapers, licenses, and Liberty hanged and
legal documents burned effigies Repealed in 1766 Townshend
Acts Taxed glass, lead, paint,
paper and tea Boycotts, circulated
1770
Tea Acts Gave East India
Boycotted tea, tea
Company monopoly on
tea trade parties. SC seized the
tea to prevent it from
being sold. Four laws passed by
Sent help to Boston in None parliament to punish the
colonist for Boston Tea
Party and to tighten
control on colonies.
Boston port closed the form of food and
goods. Intolerable
Acts Colonist
Reaction letters protesting tax.
Sons of liberty attacked
tax collectors homes. British Reaction repealed all taxes
except one Passed the Intolerable
Acts. Focus Statement
Summarize the response of South
Carolina to events leading to the
American Revolution, including the
Stamp Act, the Tea Acts, and the Sons
of Liberty.
Closure
1.  Tea Act
Gave East India Company monopoly on tea trade
2.
Intolerable Acts
Four laws passed by parliament to punish the colonist for
Boston Tea Party and to tighten control on colonies. Boston
port closed
3.
Townshend Act
Taxed glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
4.
Stamp Act
Colonist required to pay for stamp on paper products such as
newspapers, licenses, and legal documents
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
Create a colonial protest poster summarizing the events that lead
to the American Revolution
1.  You are a colonist who wants to protest
taxes and treatment of colonists in your area.
2. Use information from your notes and text
book to decide what you would like to protest.
3. Your poster must have a clear statement of
what you are protesting.
4. Each topic must be illustrated.
5. You may use words and illustrations.
Materials Needed
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SC Standards
SC The Beautiful Palmetto Place Textbook
Student Resource Manual
Document Camera/Promethean Board
PowerPoint
Teacher Created Notes
Teacher Created Graphic Organizers
Informational Text
Primary Source Documents
Markers/Colored Pencils
Construction Paper
American Revolution Poster Rubric