Research the timeline of British Acts/Taxes against the Colonies using the links, ABC CLIO, Gale Ebooks. Focus on the following taxes/acts. You may also revisit any of the documents you have used from the previous lessons. Declaratory Act Townshend Acts Tea Act Intolerable Acts (AKA Coercive Acts) Explain why Britain passed the following acts and justify the Colonists’ reactions to them. This will help you understand the two different points of view at this time period. What did the it do? British justification for passage Colonial justification for anger Proclamation Forbit settlement in Passed in order to stop Native Fought for the land and now Line the western lands won American attacks on Colonies cannot settle on it in the French and Indian War Stamp Act Declaratory Act Sons of EXPLAIN WHY THE COLONISTS Liberty WERE JUSTIFIED IN THIS Townshend Acts Tea Act Boston Tea EXPLAIN WHY THE COLONISTS Party WERE JUSTIFIED IN THIS Intolerable Acts (All parts) Construct and support a thesis and provide evidence to answer the following prompt: the Colonists “Were patriots or terrorists?” Use the chart you filled out to outline support for your thesis. Consider the following:
Research the timeline of British Acts/Taxes against the Colonies using the links, ABC CLIO, Gale Ebooks. Focus on the following taxes/acts. You may also revisit any of the documents you have used from the previous lessons. Declaratory Act Townshend Acts Tea Act Intolerable Acts (AKA Coercive Acts) Explain why Britain passed the following acts and justify the Colonists’ reactions to them. This will help you understand the two different points of view at this time period. What did the it do? British justification for passage Colonial justification for anger Proclamation Line Forbit settlement in the western lands won in the French and Indian War Passed in order to stop Native American attacks on Colonies Fought for the land and now cannot settle on it Stamp Act Declaratory Act Sons of Liberty EXPLAIN WHY THE COLONISTS WERE JUSTIFIED IN THIS Townshend Acts Tea Act Boston Tea Party EXPLAIN WHY THE COLONISTS WERE JUSTIFIED IN THIS Intolerable Acts (All parts) Construct and support a thesis and provide evidence to answer the following prompt: “Were the Colonists patriots or terrorists?” Use the chart you filled out to outline support for your thesis. Consider the following:
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