USA History / Mr.Saindon
Monday, April 15
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Friday, April 19
Essential Question
What events and/or decisions caused conflict within United States that to led to war?
Objective
a. The students will be able to explain a series of events that led to the Civil War.
Background
Tensions grew for many years before the first shots rang out at Fort Sumter, signaling the beginning of the Civil War. There was a clear division between the north and the south's perspectives of this young country. The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, The Dred Scott Decision, John Brown's Raid, Uncle Toms Cabin, and the 1860's election did not occur in a matter of days of each other. These events spanned forty years. To people in the south, those long years of dissatisfaction intensified when Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860. This was a final straw that led to several southern states seceding from the Union.
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The essential question for this unit of study on Colonial America and the American Revolution is “How did the development of the colonies lead to rebellion?”
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The focus questions is, “What sequence of events led to the colonies declaring independence from Great Britain?
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If you were living in the American Colonies, would you have been a Loyalist or a Patriot. Explain yourself.
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How did the Colonists feel and what were they thinking?
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Pretend you are living in the Colonies in the 1770’s, why are you a Loyalist or a Patriot. What are ‘going through?
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Content Vocabulary: plantation, indentured servant, triangular trade, authority, mercantilism, patriot , loyalist , factors, strategy, boycott, tyranny, propaganda , unalienable , charter, militia, tariff, tax
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Why did "No Taxation Without Representation" become the battle cry of the American Colonists?
September/October
√ I will understand and be able to explain the reasons why the English colonists were so proud to be citizens of England
√ Salutary Negelect
√ I will be able to explain the causes and the impact of the 'French and Indian War
√ Taxation without Representation
√ Start Countdown to the American Revolution
√ Cause and Effect
Interactive Notebook: Toward Independence
