WebQuest

Causes of the American Revolution

Process

Topics for presentations are as follows: The Stamp Act, The Sugar Act, The Boston Massacre, The Intolerable Acts, The Boston Tea Party, and The First Continental Congress.

Guiding questions for creating your presentation:

- When did the event take place?

- What were some causes and effects of the event?

- Who were some of the major people involved?

- Why was this event a cause of the American Revolution?

- How important a cause is this event?

Resources

The Stamp Act:

- Overview of the American Revolution

- General overview of the Stamp Act

- A more in-depth analysis of the Stamp Act

- http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0846474.html

- http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/stamptax.html

- http://www.masshist.org/revolution/stamp.php

- http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0846474.html

The Sugar Act:

- http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=494&view=external-links

- http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm

- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/sugaractdef.htm

- http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/suact.htm

- http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/1764newtaxes.html

- http://www.masshist.org/revolution/sugar.php

The Boston Massacre:

- http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=115612

- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/bostonmassacredef.htm

- http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/bmassacre.htm

- http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0808436.html

- http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/Massacre.html

- http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-boston-massacre

- http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0808436.html

- http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.htm

- http://americanhistory.about.com/od/revolutionarywar/a/boston_massacre.htm

- http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1249.html

The Intolerable Acts:

- http://www.usfca.edu/fac_staff/conwell/revolution/congress.htm

- http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm

- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/intolerableactsdef.htm

- http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/inacts.htm

- http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0825376.html

- http://www.masshist.org/revolution/coercive.php

- http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0825376.html

- http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htm

The Boston Tea Party:

- http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm

- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/bostonteapartydef.htm

- http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/btp.htm

- http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0808443.html

- http://historycentral.com/Revolt/Tea.html

- http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm

- http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0808443.html

The First Continental Congress:

- http://www.history.com/topics/the-continental-congress

- http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm

- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/continentalcongressdef.htm

- http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/ccf.htm

- http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0856590.html

- http://historycentral.com/Revolt/cont2.html

- http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0856590.html

- http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/congress.htm

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Causes of the American Revolution

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