Directions:
Use your textbook, media resources and the links I have listed below to
help you answer the Key Questions I have given you for your particular
topic. Prepare a web page that presents this information in a concise,
informative and entertaining way. You may accomplish this task with a few
sentences for each term. You may group or categorize terms as you see fit.
You should also import images and graphics from the internet to enhance
your page.
CONTENT
TO COVER
1. Albany Congress
1754
2. Writs of Assistance
1760
3. Peace of Paris
1763
4. Proclamation
Line of 1763
5. Sugar and Currency
Acts of 1764
6. Stamp Act 1765
7. Declaratory
Act 1766
8. Townshend Duties
1767
9. Boston Massacre
1770
10. Gaspee Incident
1772
11. Tea Act
1773
12. Boston Tea
Party 1773
13. Coercive Acts
1774
14. First Continental
Congress 1774
LINKS
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/colonial.htm#
http://www.earlyamerica.com/
http://www.historyplace.com/
http://www.loc.gov/
CONCLUSION
Directions: Once you have completed identifying the content, write a short conclusion to your site by answering the questions below. You may do this on a new page or at the bottom of your page.
1. To what extent were the colonies cooperating with each other? Were some colonies acting out of their own self interest?
2. Why did the British drastically change their system of taxation after 1763? What factors in Europe were causing the British to change their attitude toward America?
3. For what reason
did the British change Prime Ministers so frequently during this period?
What were the differences in their policies?
4. Why did Thomas
Jefferson address himself to the King and not Parliament when he wrote
the Declaration of Independence?