warm-up if someone were to ask you, “what are you?” would you say, you’re american? or...
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Warm-UpIf someone were to ask you, “What are you?”
Would you say, you’re American? Or Mexican? Or Mexican-American? Or Philipino? How would you describe yourself?
Example:
Although I was born here, I consider myself to be… Mexican. I don’t consider myself to be American because I feel more Mexican. I am surrounded by my culture so much that it has replaced anything American in me.
Warm-Up(Just copy the RED question)
What does it mean to be a good citizen?
Explain. Is he/she someone who follows the rules or laws at all times? Or is he/she someone who will stand up for what is right, despite what the law says?
Turning Things Upside-down
The American Revolution
1. British Empire
A. The British Empire stretched across the world
B. Most powerful Royal Navy at the time
C. Dominated in global tradeD. Won Seven Years War (French
and Indian War)E. Used slavery
2. King George IIIA. King of British
EmpireB. Placed friends in
Parliament C. Had 15 kidsD. Suffered mental
illness E. Lost American
colonies
3. 13 American-British ColoniesThe British PerspectiveA. King George = DadB. 13 Colonies = Kids
13 American-British ColoniesThe American PerspectiveA. King George = Tyrant (unfair absolute ruler)B. 13 Colonies = Oppressed (carried burdens)
4. Reasons to Revolt
A. American colonists feared the increase of taxes on stamps, sugar, paint, glass, paper, shoes, tea.
B. “No taxation without representation!”
C. Stamp Act repealed, but then Parliament passes Declaratory Act.
5. Reasons to RevoltA. Colonists were not allowed to move into
western territory.
B. Colonists were forced to house and feed British troops.
C. Navigation Act
D. Boston Tea Party
E. Boston Massacre
6. Boston Massacre
6. Boston Massacre
Notes: Part 2
The American Revolution
6. The American Colonists
Educated colonists (Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson) read about philosophers like Locke and Rousseau.
Enlightenment ideas were used to form the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
7. Forms of ProtestLocke’s idea of revolting against an unjust
government spread like fire
Colonists had secret meetings to discuss reform (and later revolt), marches, boycotts, riots, and wrote protest music.