Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Taxes and Smuggling - Prelude to Revolution/Crash Course US History #6

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

10

Overview

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, John Green teaches students that the Revolution did not start on July 4, 1776. The Revolutionary War didn't start on July 4 either. The shooting started on April 19, 1775, at Lexington and/or Concord, MA. Or the shooting started with the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. At least we can pin down the Declaration of Independence to July 4, 1776. Except that most of the signers didn't sign until August 2. The point is that the beginning of the Revolution is very complex and hard to pin down. John will lead you through the bramble of taxes, royal decrees, acts of parliament, colonial responses, and various congresses. We'll start with the end of the Seven Years War, and the bill that the British ran up fighting the war. This led to taxes on colonial trade, which led to colonists demanding representation, which led to revolution. It all seems very complicated, but Crash Course will get you through it in about 12 minutes.

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    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 10 - United States History I

    SS10.US1.4

    Describe the political system of the United States based on the Constitution of the United States. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.d., A.1.g., A.1.i.]

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.US1.4

    Vocabulary

    • political system
    • elements
    • distinguishing
    • ideologies
    • conflicting

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The inadequacies of Articles of Confederation and how these lead to the writing of the Constitution.
    • Personalities, issues, ideologies, and compromises related to the Constitutional Convention and the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
    • The purpose and effects of the Federalist Papers.
    • Details of the political system of the United States based on the Constitution of the United States.
    • How to interpret the Preamble to the Constitution.
    • The purpose of the separation of powers and how this works in the U.S. federal system.
    • The meaning and purpose of the elastic clause.
    • The purpose of the Bill of Rights and the effects of these amendments.
    • Factors leading to the development and establishment of political parties, including Alexander Hamilton's economic policies, conflicting views of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, George Washington's Farewell Address, and the election of 1800.
    • The reasons for and effects of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Nineteenth Amendments.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Analyze and describe the political system of the United States based on the Constitution of the United States by giving a verbal or written account with characteristics of the political system.
    • Interpret the Preamble of the Constitution, separation of powers, federal system; elastic clause, the Bill of Rights; and the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Nineteenth Amendments by examining these parts.
    • Describe the inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation by giving a verbal or written account of the weaknesses.
    • Distinguish personalities, ideas, issues, ideologies and compromises related to the Constitutional by highlighting these differences.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • The Constitution replaced a weak Articles of Confederation and provides the basis for governing the United States.
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