Alabama Social Studies SS24.6.7d
The Standard
- SS24.6.7
- Identify causes and events leading to the War for Independence, including salutary neglect, the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts, Virginia Convention (1775), and the Declaration of Independence, and describe how these events escalated tension between the colonies and Great Britain.
Summarize the arguments put forth by Patriots and Loyalists regarding the question of independence from Great Britain, and describe efforts to compromise.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain why some colonists wanted independence and why others wanted to remain under British rule. They describe an attempt to settle the dispute without separating from Britain.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can give a Patriot argument about taxation without representation and a Loyalist concern about war or lost trade. They can explain that the Olive Branch Petition asked the king to help settle the conflict, but he rejected it.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think every colonist wanted independence or that Loyalists agreed with every British tax. They may mistake the Olive Branch Petition for a call for independence.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Write one Patriot argument, one Loyalist argument, and what the Olive Branch Petition asked the king to do.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a mock tax bill and shipping invoice; have them write a Patriot objection and a Loyalist worry on sticky notes.
Ask: Could colonists oppose Parliament and still want the king's help? Use the Olive Branch Petition to support your answer.
Read six short claims aloud; students hold up P, L, or C for Patriot, Loyalist, or compromise, then name a clue.
Use a school dress-code dispute: write reasons to keep or change the rule, propose a compromise, then compare those choices with colonists' choices.
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