Science Test "Weather and Climate," Chapter 8 - Thursday, April 14.
Social Studies:
Quiz Friday - on Ch. 10, Lessons 1-2
Social Studies Lesson Outlines:
Chapter 10, Lesson 1: Ties to Great Britain
I. Divisions Among the Colonists
A. Country people and city people did not agree over who the British troops should protect.
B. Differences in language separated colonists.
C. Colonists were divided by religion.
II. Benefits and Costs of Empire
A. Britain protected the colonies, but did not tax them.
B. Colonial merchants did not like the British laws that controlled trade.
C. The British governors did not always govern wisely.
D. Most colonists were not unhappy with British rule.
Chapter 10, Lesson 2: The Seven Years' War (pp. 241-246)
I. Rivalry Between Britain and France
A. In North America, Britain and France
B. Indian tribes joined the fighting for both the French and British.
C. The Seven Years' War ended when the British won the Battle of Quebec.
II. Results of the War
A. Colonists were angry when the British saved land west of the Appalachians for Indians.
B. Britain was in debt because of the war.
C. Indian tribes lost power when they no longer could use the French to help them against the British.
D. Colonists lost many men during the war, but learned they could fight as well as the British.
Chapter 10, Lesson 3: A New British Policy (pp. 247-253)
I. Britain
A. Parliament passed the Stamp Act but the colonists protested in anger.
B. Parliament passed the Townshend duties, and the colonists agreed to boycott.
C. Five colonists were killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre.
D. Patriots rebelled against the Tea Act by dumping tea into Boston
II. Colonists Begin to Unite
A. Parliament passed the "Intolerable Acts" that ended town meetings, took away some power from the Massachusetts assembly, and closed Boston
B. The First Continental Congress voted to stop all trade with Britain
C. Colonists began to view themselves as "Americans."
D. More and more colonists thought Britain
