Alabama Social Studies SS24.4.5b
The Standard
- SS24.4.5
- Summarize the causes of the French and Indian War and describe how its outcomes increased tensions that led to the American Revolution.
Describe key events that caused tension and led American colonists to protest against Great Britain, including the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, and Intolerable Acts.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students put the events in time order and describe what happened. They explain why colonists protested British taxes and how Britain responded to the tea protest.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can tell which events were British laws, which were colonial protests, and which involved violence. They can explain that the Tea Act kept an existing tax, colonists dumped tea in protest, and Britain closed Boston Harbor afterward.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the Tea Act created a new tea tax or that the Boston Tea Party was a celebration. Some place the Intolerable Acts before the tea dumping or mistake the Boston Massacre for a law.
How to Assess It
- Ask students to put the Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, and Intolerable Acts in order. Have them write why colonists dumped the tea and what Britain did next.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups seven event cards and yarn to build a floor timeline, then add notes showing how one event led to another.
Ask partners, 'Why would colonists object to a tax set by lawmakers they could not elect?' Have them use the Stamp Act as evidence.
Play a matching game with cards showing British actions and cards showing colonial responses or later British punishments.
Show a sample receipt with sales tax. Ask who elects the lawmakers who set taxes today, then compare the colonists' situation.
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