ACTSOctober 1, 2014

October 1, 2014

Materials ToC

You: INB Pencil Textbook

Me: Laptops

HW check: French and Indian War battles

Title Page

BrainPop!

Money for the British

Vocab.

p.

Acts/Events chart p.

Today in History

October 1 

1908 - Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile on the market—the Model T car to the market. Each car cost $825.

1936-General Francisco Franco became head of the insurgent Spanish government.

1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida.

Do Now

Create a circle map in your NB for a brainpop video.

• French and Indian War

Following the French and Indian War the British needed to raise money because . . . .

1. War costs a lot of money (to pay for soldiers, supplies, weapons, etc.) so, the British (England) made new taxes that the colonists had to pay.

VTS

Vocabulary: Vocab sheet p.

Act

Definition: A document declaring a legal transaction; a law or tax.

Examples:

Sentence:

Picture:

Web-quest: With your partner take turns getting

information from the laptop and textbook. P. Act Name/Event

Year Passed

What did it tax? orWhat happened?

Colonists Reaction

1. Sugar Act 1764

2. Stamp Act 1765

3. Quartering Act 1765

4. Townshend Acts

1767

5. The Boston Massacre

1770

6. The Boston Tea Party

1773

7. The Intolerable Acts

1774

Homework: Complete chart and paragraph w/ colored illustration

1. Complete your Acts/Events chart

2. 1 paragraph summary: Who was taxing colonists, why? 2. What was being taxed? 3. How did colonists feel about these taxes, why? 4. What were colonists doing because of these taxes?

3. Colored illustration to support your paragraph