Who were the participants in the American Revolution?

Who were the participants in the American Revolution?
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HistoryLower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

This lesson contains 31 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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Who were the participants in the American Revolution?

Slide 1 - Slide

What things can cause a revolution? (make people angry)

Slide 2 - Mind map

How might the Americans feel about paying taxes to the British?

Slide 3 - Open question

What was the main reason for the Boston Tea Party?
A
High tea prices
B
British tea quality
C
Lack of tea variety
D
Taxation without representation

Slide 4 - Quiz

The Boston Tea Party protested which act?
A
Townshend Acts
B
Intolerable Acts
C
Tea Act
D
Stamp Act

Slide 5 - Quiz

What was dumped into Boston Harbor?
A
Sugar
B
Coffee
C
Tea
D
Rum

Slide 6 - Quiz

In retaliation to the Boston Tea Party, the British closed Boston port. What was the impact of this?

Slide 7 - Open question

Which act taxed paper goods?
A
Stamp Act
B
Quartering Act
C
Sugar Act
D
Tea Act

Slide 8 - Quiz

What was a cause of the American Revolution?
A
Taxation without representation
B
Colonial expansion
C
End of slavery
D
Religious freedom

Slide 9 - Quiz

What was the first colony called?
A
Roanoke
B
Savannah
C
Jamestown
D
Plymouth

Slide 10 - Quiz

How many colonies did Britain have in America?
A
13
B
20
C
10
D
15

Slide 11 - Quiz

Slide 12 - Slide

TRUE
FALSE
Europeans moved to North America looking for religious freedom
A Protestant follows the Pope
Tax is money paid by the people to the government
By 1770, more than 2 million people lived and worked in Great Britain's 13 North American colonies
The colonists did not use violence against the Native Americans
Pocahontas died and her body was returned to her tribe.

Slide 13 - Drag question

Slide 14 - Slide

Slide 15 - Slide

Write a definition for a patriot

Slide 16 - Open question

Why were people patriots?
A
They weren't being treated fairly by the British.
B
They weren't being treated fairly by the French.
C
Better off if the colonies remained under British rule.
D
Better off if the colonies remained under French rule.

Slide 17 - Quiz

Slide 18 - Slide

Write a definition for a loyalist

Slide 19 - Open question

Why were people loyalists?
A
They weren't being treated fairly by the British.
B
They weren't being treated fairly by the French.
C
Better off if the colonies remained under British rule.
D
Better off if the colonies remained under French rule.

Slide 20 - Quiz

Slide 21 - Slide

How did life change for the loyalists during the war?
Many of them lost their homes and businesses.
Many loyalists left the country and went back to Britain.
Nothing happened to them they were treated well.
Many of them became Patriots
They won so they gained the winnings.

Slide 22 - Poll

Slide 23 - Slide

Slide 24 - Slide

Would you characterise Samuel Seabury as a Loyalist or a Patriot?
Loyalist
Patriot

Slide 25 - Poll

Would you characterise Samuel Seabury as a Loyalist or a Patriot and why?

Slide 26 - Open question

What symbolism does Seabury use in his statement?
A
Jaws of a Tiger
B
Jaws of a lion
C
Jaws of a Wolf
D
Jaws of a Bear

Slide 27 - Quiz

What message is Seabury trying to convey?

Slide 28 - Open question

Slide 29 - Slide

Why were people loyal to Britain?

Slide 30 - Open question

Why did the American colonist revolt against the British?

Slide 31 - Open question