SSWH10: The student will analyze the impact of the age of discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Warm up (Opening):
Captain James Cook British navigator James Cook discovered and charted New Zealand and Australia's Great Barrier Reef on his ship Endeavor, and later disproved the existence of the fabled southern continent Terra Australis. His voyages provided the first accurate map of the Pacific. | The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America. Guiding question:
1. (1:10) What act did the British pass in 1765 and what was the reaction of the colonists? 2. (2:30) What was one of the most effective ways colonists could protests against the British? 3. (4:30) By the time of the Declaration of Independence, what was the reaction of American colonists? 4. (5:00) During the war, about how many colonists remained loyal to Great Britain? 5. (6:00) What was pretty revolutionary about the American Revolution? 6. (6:30) What two themes were central to the revolution? 7. (8:10) What was the Enlightenment? |
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