About This Lesson
Between 1770 and 1775, a series of events became key points as the conflict between Britian and the American Colonies headed for a revolt or a peaceable solution. The Burning of the Gaspee, the Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, and the meeting of the First Continental Congress were important moments as colonists grappled with the ideas of liberty, protest, and petition.
Upon completion of this lesson, the students will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Explain key events between 1770 and 1775 that led to the American Revolution.
- Discuss how the concepts of liberty prompted responses of protest and petition from the American colonies.
2. Comprehension/Application/Analysis
- Examine a primary source and analyze the elements of protest, petition, or liberty in the document.
3. Evaluation
- Evaluate how responses to these key events continued the cycle of protest and led to the conflict of the Revolutionary War and eventual American Independence.
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