Understanding Colonial

Unrest-
O-Meter

Colonial Unrest
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

                 

                 

The Unrest-O-Meter
                 

                 

                 

                 
Procl Quat Sta Towns Boston Boston Intoler First Lexington
amati ering mp hend Massacre Tea able Continental and
on of Act Act Act 1770 Party Acts Congress Concord
1763 1765 176 1767 1773 1774 1774 1775
 Groupwork Activity, SWBAT
• Given placards with short descriptions of
selected events:
1. Discuss events that turned proud British subjects
of 1763 into rebellious Americans by 1775.
2. Rate the relative levels of “unrest” for each event
3. Choose five of the nine events to create a
timeline with appropriate illustrations and
descriptive sentences to summarize the
information learned in this activity.
 Unrest-O-Meter Process
• Divide into groups no greater than four or five.
• Placards will be passed from group to group at Mr. B’s
direction (no rushing! 5 – 7 minutes ea.).
• Locate the event on the matrix (the letter after the 3.3_ )
• One group member reads the placard to the rest of the
group. The group summarizes.
• Group discussion to reach consensus on that event’s
rating and rationale.
• When directed, pass placard clockwise (from a top
looking down position).
• When all nine events have been discussed, adjust your
meter to show no more than 36 blocks.
 Unrest-O-Meter Rating Criteria
• Discuss criteria
to be used for
ratings.
 Class Consensus
• Groups summarize
events while Mr. B marks
an overhead Unrest-O- Colonial Unrest-O-Meter

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Meter. No discussion of O N
rating, only clarification of L E
event. M P
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• After all nine events are

First Continental Congress 1774

Boston Tea Party 1773

Lexington and Concord 1775

Proclamation of 1763

Boston Massacre 1770

Intolerable Acts 1774

Quatering Act 1765

Stamp Act 1765

Townshend Act 1767

placed, class consensus
to arrive at 36 rating
blocks.
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Unrest-O-
Meter

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 
Proclamatio Quatering Stamp Townshend Boston Boston Tea Intolerable First Lexington and
n of 1763 Act 1765 Act 1765 Act 1767 Massacre 1770 Party 1773 Acts 1774 Continental Concord 1775
Congress 1774
 3.3A Proclamation of 1763
• To prevent wars with the
Indians, the land west of
the Appalachians would
be reserved for the
Indians – no white
settlement west of the
mountains.
 3.3B The Quartering Act
• Colonists were
required to ensure
British Soldiers were
housed, fed, provided
candles, beer, and
transportation.
• Colonists did not trust
the presence of the
soldiers – would be
used to enforce laws.
 3.3C The Stamp Act
• Printed materials were to be
taxed. The Stamp was
applied to show the tax was
paid. Items to be taxed:
newspapers, pamphlets,
marriage licenses, playing
cards.
• 9 colonies sent
representatives to the Stamp
Act Congress (Virginia, New Hampshire, North

passing a
Carolina, and Georgia were not represented.)

resolution demanding GB
repeal the Stamp Act.
Boycotts were put into place.
• John Adams “birth of the
revolution.”
 3.3D The Townshend Acts
• Indirect, “hidden,” tax
levied on finished
products.
• Raises the cost of the
product.
• Colonists saw through
the plan.
 3.3E The Boston Massacre
• 05MAR1770 British
soldiers fired on a
mob of Bostonians.
• Five civilians were
killed
• Incident used for
agitative propaganda
by the Sons of
Liberty.
• Paul Revere, artist.
 3.3F The Boston Tea Party
• 1773 Parliament
passed the Tea Act.
• Gave British East
Indies a monoply.
• Boston boycotted
and then destroyed
the tea.
 3.3G The Intolerable Acts
• The Coercive Acts
were intended to
force the colonists to
pay for the destroyed
tea.
• Boston Harbor
closed, military rule
imposed.
• “Intolerable”, if can be
done to Boston . . .
 3.3H The First Continental
Congress
• Colonies Unite!
• 12 of 13 met to form
the congress (-GA).
• Endorsed resolutions
to denounce the
Intolerable Acts,
urged colonies to
form militias to resist
enforcement, and
called on colonies to
suspend all trade with
GB.
 3.3I Lexington and Concord
• April 19, 1775
• British intended to capture stores of ammunition and Sam
Adams and John Hancock.
• The Lexington Militia stood their ground, a confrontation
ensued, sparked the day’s conflagration.
• Before returning to Boston . . .

73 British solders were dead & 174 were wounded.

49 patriots were killed, 39 more were wounded.
 Unrest-O-Meter Wrap Up
• Considering the rising level of tension, pick five
events that best represent that escalation.
• Place those five events on a timeline.
• Create a symbol for each event and use color to
help describe the level of unrest.
• Horizontally place the symbols to locate the
event in time, vertically place the symbols to
show their level of unrest.
• Below the timeline, write out brief bullets
describing each event.
 Timeline Project, 25 points
• Combination Timeline / Graph (see rubric!)
• Choose Five events to depict the escalating
unrest in the colonies.
• Place them to scale on the timeline.
• Use a symbol to show each event’s level of
unrest (does not need to be a perfect
“staircase”).
• Under the timeline, write a one or two sentence
summary of the event.
• The No-Brainer rubric applies.
 Rubric
Unrest O-Meter Project: Timeline / Graph N
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25 point Events Symbols Summary Appearance
Project
D -
1x 1x 2x 1x
5 Brief o B
Selected events Perfect! Concise Beautiful! n R
show escalation Creative! All important Aide in learning. ' A
properly scaled Properly leveled elements. t I
4
Selected events Very Good! Brief Looks very nice. N
show escalation Concise f E
scale a little off o R
3 r
Selected events Close Brief Looks nice.
g R
show escalation Representation
scale off e u
2 t b
Events do not Almost Somewhat Looks. r
show escalation connected
t i
1 h c
Where did you find No connection Wrong. Sloppy. e !
these events? to event