Week of 11/16/2020

 11/16 - Chapter 6, Section 1, Tighter British Control 

Section 1 Objectives

1. To identify why the Proclamation of 1763 angered so many colonists

2. To describe the debate over taxes and troops in the colonies

3. To explain the Stamp Act

4. To examine how the colonists forced Britain to repeal the Stamp Act

11/17 - Review Section 1 reading, notes and section assessment.

            Chapter 6, Section 2, Colonial Resistance Grows

Section 2 Objectives

1. To explain the Townshend Acts

2. To describe why and how the colonists protested the Townshend Acts

3. To explain the Boston Massacre

4. To summarize the Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party

11/18 - Review Section 2, reading, notes and section assessment.

            Chapter 6, Section 3 

Section 3 Objectives

1. To describe the Intolerable Acts

2. To explain how the colonies wavered between war and peace

3. To profile the Midnight Ride

          4. To describe the battles of Lexington and Concord

11/19 - Finish Chaper 6, Section 3

11/20 - Chapter 6, Section 4, Declaring Independence

            Section 4 Objectives             1. To describe the early skirmishes between the Continental and British armies             2. To profile British and American responses to the deepening conflict             3. To summarize Thomas Paine’s Common Sense             4. To explain how colonial leaders officially declared their independence from                     Britain