Prompt: Please write a journal entry (5-6 paragraphs minimum) describing the events leading up to the DOI/American Revolution.
Directions: Please choose whether you are writing the entry from a Patriot or Loyalist point of view in an attempt to convince the reader that your belief is the valid one. As well, you must choose from the Buckets below to be included in your entry as supporting detail & evidence.
You are expected to source 1 supporting detail from each of the following as well: The online textbook, the PowerPoint Notes in Google Classroom, and one reliable source online. The more sources you use..the better!
Please cite your sources/evidence.
Bucket 1-Please choose a minimum of 3 Acts/Taxes/Proclamations/Laws from below:
Proclamation of 1763(5-1)
Sugar Act of 1764(5-1)
Stamp Act of 1765(5-1)
Writs of Assistance(5-1)
Townshend Acts(5-1)
Intolerable(Coercive) Acts(5-2)
Bucket 2- Please use a minimum of 3 vocabulary words from below:
Revenue
Writs of assistance
Effigy
Boycott
Repeal
Rebellion
Propaganda
Minutemen
Loyalist
Patriot
Petition
Bucket 3- Please use a minimum of 3 events from below:
The Boston Massacre(5-2)
The Boston Tea Party(5-2)
The 1st Continental Congress Meeting(5-3)
Battles of Lexington & Concord(5-3)
The Battle of Bunker Hill(5-3)
The 2nd Continental Congress Meeting/Declaration of Independence(5-4)