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1. Read one of the online texts below.
2. Look at the images.
3. Write a SUMMARY of the event.

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1. Read one or both of the online texts below.
2. Analyze the images.
3. Write a SUMMARY in your packet.

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1. Read about the Sons of Liberty.
2. Test yourself with the quiz at the bottom!

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1. Watch the video.
2. Read the online texts.
3. Analyze the images.
4. Write a SUMMARY of the event.
BONUS: Watch the exciting parody "Dump It Off"!

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1. Watch the video.
2. Write Ms. Lividini a note on Seesaw and answer the following questions:
*What is it TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE for?
*Why is it TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE?
*If you were the King, how would you handle the situation?
*What about if you were a colonist?

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Directions:
1. Click and watch the Brainpop video.
2. Complete the quiz afterward.
3. Take a picture of your score and upload it on Seesaw to Ms. Lividini.

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1. Read about Patriots vs. Loyalists.
2. Then, take the quiz at the bottom!

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1. Read the cartoon.
2. Complete the perspectives activity worksheet and consider how BOTH sides felt about the French and Indian War debts.

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1. Read the online text below.
2. Write a SUMMARY in your packet.

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1. Read the online text below.
2. Analyze the images.
3. Write a SUMMARY in your packet.

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For Kids: The government of Great Britain, Parliament, needed money to pay off the cost of the French and Indian War. They believed that the colonists should help pay this cost since much of the fighting was done to defend them.

Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which was a tax on sugar, wine, indigo (a type of color dye) and molasses. The last was very important to New England merchants, since they bought molasses to make rum to sell to other colonies including the French, Dutch, and Spanish. This tax almost stopped the rum trade from New England, and the New England colonies protested. The rest of the colonies didn't see what the big fuss was all about.

The tax worried colonial leaders. They feared Britain might be moving towards seizing power from colonial governments, such as the right to tax. The colonial leaders did not want that to happen. They wanted the American colonies free to govern themselves as they had been doing for many years.

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Road to Revolution for Kids - The Sugar Act

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For Kids: The government of Great Britain, Parliament, needed money to pay off the cost of the French and Indian War. They believed that the colonists should help pay this cost since much of the fighting was done to defend them.

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For Kids: NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!

The government of Great Britain, Parliament, still needed money to pay off the cost of the Seven Years War, known in the colonies as the French and Indian War. They believed the colonists should help pay this cost since much of the fighting was done to defend them.

The Sugar Act had not generated enough money, so in 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act. While the Sugar Act did not cause too much concern other than in New England, the Stamp Act brought about huge protests.

The Stamp Act was different. The Stamp Act required colonists to buy and place stamps on paper goods such as newspapers, diplomas, contracts, prayer books, marriage licenses, and other legal documents. Laborers, craftsmen, farmers, lawyers, merchants, and basically everyone had to pay this tax. Lawyers and publishers were the hardest hit. People could not afford to both pay a lawyer and the tax. Many could not afford to buy books, not even prayer books.

This act was extremely unpopular in the colonies. It gave colonial leaders a chance to convince the colonists that they were being taxed unfairly because the colonists had no voice in government - no taxation without representation! That phrase was coined by the Sons of Liberty and it caught on.

Up until then, each colony had its own system of taxation and its own way of collecting that tax. The British government levied the Stamp Act on the colonists with total disregard to any colonial government or to the needs of the colonists themselves. The British government wanted money and they felt the colonists should pay because they said so.

Stamp Act Congress: As the uproar against the Stamp Act grew, colonial leaders created a special congress - a Stamp Act Congress. Individual colonies sent delegates to New York City to attend a meeting of this special congress.

The delegates drew up a petition protesting the Stamp Act, giving their reasons, and demanding this law be repealed. They sent this petition, with Ben Franklin, to Parliament back in England.

This was very important. It clearly demonstrated that the colonies could and would speak with one voice.

Ben Franklin convinced British Parliament to rescind (remove, repeal, delete) the Stamp Act.

Things might have ended there. But British Parliament still needed money.

Vocabulary words: rescind, delegates, petition, protests

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Road to Revolution for Kids - The Stamp Act

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For Kids: NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION! The government of Great Britain, Parliament, still needed money to pay off the cost of the Seven Years War, known in the colonies as the French and Indian War. They believed the colonists should help pay this cost since much of the fighting was done to defend them.

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"No Taxation Without Representation!" Outraged colonists shouted this phrase to protest that Parliament (government) continually imposed new taxes without giving colonists a voice or vote in the government.

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"No Taxation Without Representation!" Outraged colonists shouted this phrase to protest that Parliament (government) continually imposed new taxes without giving colonists a voice or vote in the government.

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Create a "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" poster with your partner(s).

The phrase must be written in big letters. You may use visuals, drawings, and slogans to show the purpose and reasoning behind this statement. Make sure you demonstrate the outrage of the colonists with unfair taxation.

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For Kids: After the uproar caused by the Stamp Act which led to its repeal, the British Parliament still needed money. Plus they wanted to bring the colonists back into line and make sure they knew that Parliament was in charge. What happened next was collectively known as The Townshend Acts. Back in England, the king's financial minister, Charles Townshend, made some suggestions to Parliament that he felt might benefit the crown.

A series of laws based on Townshend's suggestions were passed by Parliament. These acts did the following:

Colonists had to house British troops, and provide food as well as shelter.

Taxes were placed on some goods brought into the colonies

To enforce the taxes, Parliament issued writs of assistance. These were search warrants British officers could use to enter homes or businesses in search of smuggled goods.

As well, jobs were beginning to be lost by the colonists because British soldiers, who were paid very poorly, had begun to accept jobs on the side at lower wages than colonists had been paid. These were the same British soldiers the colonists had to house and feed.

The Sons of Liberty asked colonial merchants not to sell British goods at all. The Daughters of Liberty encouraged woman to weave their own cloth and to use American made goods.

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Road to Revolution for Kids - The Townshend Acts

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For Kids: After the uproar caused by the Stamp Act which led to its repeal, the British Parliament still needed money. Plus they wanted to bring the colonists back into line and make sure they knew that Parliament was in charge. What happened next was collectively known as The Townshend Acts.

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1. Analyze the 4 paintings below.
2. Answer the prompts on paper.
3. Read the online text.
4. Write a SUMMARY of the event in your packet.

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The American Revolution for Kids - Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Boycott, Militia & the Minutemen - Road to Revolution for Kids

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For Kids: When something becomes intolerable that means it is so bad you will no longer put up with it and you will put a stop to it.

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Boston Tea Party for Kids | Learn about the History of the Boston Tea Party and why it happened

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Learn about the Townshend Acts from the American Revolution including how they got their name, what the laws did, why the colonists protested them, results, and interesting facts.

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Look at and analyze this cartoon. What are the different perspectives and how do they feel?

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DK Find Out! | Fun Facts for Kids on Animals, Earth, History and more!

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Visit DK Find Out! to learn about dinosaurs, space, animals, nature & more. Fun learning activities for kids with videos, quizzes & galleries at DKFindOut.com

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Kids learn about the Boston Tea Party major event in the American Revolutionary War.

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Learn about the Boston Massacre where five colonies were killed by the British. Major event in the American Revolutionary War.

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Learn about the Intolerable Acts of the American Revolution including how they got their name, the Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, results, and interesting facts.

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This political cartoon pokes fun at the short life of the Stamp Act.

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How does the caption help explain the historical event in question?  What clues did you notice that helped point you in the right direction?

This image is from 1846. How accurate do you think it may be to the actual event from the 1770s? Why do you think it might be different?

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"Dump it Off" - Boston Tea Party Song ("Shake it Off")

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As you analyze the images and cartoons, think about whether these were PRIMARY or SECONDARY sources.  Should these sources be trusted? Why or why not?

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1. Watch the video.
2. Write a SUMMARY of the event.

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The First Continental Congress | Road to the Revolution

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1. Watch the video.
2. Complete the worksheet.

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This is an article on the formation, role, and effects of the Sons of Liberty.

Sons of Liberty

Who were They?

The Sons of Liberty was a secret organized founded in response to the 1765 Stamp Act that required colonists to pay a tax on printed documents. The Stamp Acts was issued to help the British recoup the financial burden incurred for prosecuting the French and Indian War. The origins of the Sons of Liberty is unclear, but the organization worked in both Boston and New York. Its purpose was to protect the rights of colonists and to protest British taxes. Samuel Adams is often credited with founding the Sons of Liberty. The motto of the Sons of Liberty was "no taxation without representation."

Planning Chaos at the The Liberty Tree

The first known protest organized by the Sons of Liberty occurred on August 14, 1765. Under the "Liberty Tree," a popular meeting place for the Sons of Liberty, supporters hung an effigy of tax collector Andrew Oliver from the tree. Those in attendance took turns punching it and stomping on it. Before long, the effigy was dragged through the streets of Boston while bystanders cheered and jeered. The mob next struck at Oliver's home, which was thoroughly destroyed. Oliver resigned his position as a tax collector three days later. On August 26, the Sons of Liberty destroyed the home of the unpopular lieutenant governor, Thomas Hutchinson.

Tar and Feathering

As the path to war became clear, the Sons of Liberty used mob rule and intimidation as powerful weapons against British agents and Loyalists. In some cases, members of the Sons of Liberty were reported to have tarred and feathered perceived enemies such as tax collectors and customs officers. Tarring and feathering involved pouring hot pine tar on a person before covering them in feathers. Although certainly painful and embarrassing, tarring and feathering was not fatal.

Boston Tea Party

The Sons of Liberty are best known for staging the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, in protest of the Tea Act, which allowed a British company a monopoly over the tea trade. In the Boston Tea Party, members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians, boarded a British tea vessel called Dartmouth, and flung its entire load of tea into Boston Harbor. The "party" and the resulting Intolerable Acts passed by Parliament as a punishment, were among the primary causes of the coming war.

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The Sons of Liberty was a secret organized founded in response to the 1765 Stamp Act that required colonists to pay a tax on printed documents.

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Learn about Patriots and Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. One side wanted independence while the other wanted to remain part of Britain.

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1. Write your OWN lyrics to a song about one of the CAUSES of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
2. Look at some of the samples below.
3. The songs you may rewrite the lyrics to are listed to the right.

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This is a great link to help you with rhymes!

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"Dump it Off" - Boston Tea Party Song ("Shake it Off")

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No Taxation Without Representation - The Song

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French and Indian War Song ("Best Song Ever") - by Ben Leddy

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Declaration of Independence Song - "Stand Up And Sign With Me" ("Shut Up And Dance") - Ben Leddy

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Disney Frozen - Let It Go Song with Lyrics

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Moana How Far I'll Go Lyrics Auli'i Cravalho

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OPTION 6:  Better When I'm Dancin' - Meghan 

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OPTION 6:  Better When I'm Dancin' - Meghan 

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Better When I'm Dancing - Meghan Trainor (Lyrics) 🎵

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OPTION 7: Can't Stop The Feelin' - Justin Timberlake

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OPTION 7: Can't Stop The Feelin' - Justin Timberlake

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Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! [Lyrics]

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OPTION 8: When Can I See You Again? - Owl City

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OPTION 8: When Can I See You Again? - Owl City

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When Can I See You Again - Owl City (Lyrics) 🎵