Program Lesson Welcome to History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism. This document contains everything you need to teach the sample lesson “Toward Independence.” We invite you to use this sample lesson today to discover how the TCI Approach can make history come alive for your students. Contents Letter from Bert Bower‚ TCI Founder and CEO 2 Benefits of History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism 3 Program Contents 4 Student Edition: Sample Lesson 5: Toward Independence
Premium British Empire Boston Tea Party American Revolution
United States History Essential Questions How did British mercantilism affect the colonies? Mercantilism greatly affected the society and culture of the colonies. The colonists adopted customs of England‚ bought English goods‚ and also took on most of England’s ideas about politics and education. Most people believed that the colonies were outposts of the British world. How democratic was colonial America? Colonial America was not very democratic. Slavery still existed in the colonies‚ and the
Premium American Revolution United States Declaration of Independence British Empire
British colonies in protest to the Stamp Act of 1765. They also made their voice heard in the Townshend Acts‚ the Tea Tax‚ and any form of “Taxation without Representation”. Their most well known act today is the Boston Tea Party that occurred in 1773. The Sons of Liberty throughout the colonies started being more loosely used as anyone that would oppose the new Crown taxes and laws. The Sons of Liberty were vital to the freedom and change that America needed. They were one of the first vital
Premium Boston Tea Party
now and then‚ to rub off the rust a little?” (Goldsmith‚ 1773). She seems unsatisfied with her simple and appeasable life in the country. In the opposite side there is Mr. Hardcastle who strongly criticizes the snobbery of the average Londoner “What a quantity of superfluous silk hast thou got about thee‚ girl! I could never teach the fools of this age‚ that the indigent world could be clothed out of the trimmings of the vain.” (Goldsmith‚ 1773). Tony Lumpkin is loveable character who dislikes the
Premium Social class Working class Marxism
The 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion and The Rise of Cuffy The Berbice Slave Uprising is the most famous slave revolt in Guyana. Causes: 1. Slaves’ resentment of the ill-treatment received by estate managers and overseers 2. Lack of food provisions for slaves (resulting in them being underfed.) 3. The desire of some to officially partition Berbice with the Dutch‚ just like Djuku tribe of Surinam had done in 1761. Course: The rebellion began on February‚ 23rd
Premium Guyana Netherlands Slavery
The French and Indian war‚ which lasted from 1754-1763‚ resulted in a victory for the British over the French‚ which led to the French leaving North America. It also resulted in negative political‚ economic and ideological differences between the British and the American colonies. Politically the colonies were not happy because they could not expand further west‚ economically they felt oppressed by the British with all the taxes being place on them‚ and ideologically because of the governing of
Premium American Revolution Benjamin Franklin French and Indian War
beginning of the war‚ was a major slogan for the revolutionaries. The quote means‚ "If citizens are not represented in the government‚ then the government should not have the authority to tax them" . In the French and Indian War that lasted from 1754 to 1763‚ the British‚ ultimately victorious‚ fought the French over the control of territories in America that both sides claimed they owned. The war was very expensive for both sides‚ and the British decided to make up the money by taxing their colonies
Premium American Revolutionary War Thirteen Colonies British Army
witch trials‚ 1692 8. James Oglethorpe established Georgia‚ 1732 9. Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening‚ 17349 10. The French and Indian War‚ 1754-63 11. Proclamation of 1763 12. Stamp Act‚ 1765-66 13. Declaratory Act‚ 1766 14. Townshend Acts‚ 1767 15. Boston Tea Party‚ 1773 16. First Continental Congress‚ 1774 17. Lexington and Concord‚ 1775 18. Second Continental Congress‚ 1775 19. Thomas Paine published Common Sense‚ 177610
Premium United States Massachusetts Thirteen Colonies
Thomas Jefferson Jane Randolph Jefferson‚ was a member of the proud Randolph clan‚ a family claiming descent from English and Scottish royalty. His father‚ Peter Jefferson‚ was a successful farmer as well as a skilled Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13‚ 1743‚ in Shadwell‚ Virginia.Thomas Jefferson‚ author of the American Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president‚ was born on April 13‚ 1743‚ at the Shadwell plantation located just outside of Charlottesville‚ Virginia -- near the
Premium Thomas Jefferson United States Declaration of Independence American Revolution
Chapter Four. African Slaves Build their Own Community in Coastal Georgia Slavery was originally prohibited in the original 1732 Georgia charter; the ban was lifted two decades later when Georgia became a Royal colony. By 1770‚ 15‚000 slaves made up 80% of the population. Rice was one of the most valuable commodities of mainland North America‚ surpassed only by tobacco and wheat. The Atlantic slave trade grew to match rice production. “Saltwater” slaves (slaves
Premium Slavery Slavery in the United States Caribbean