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A Very Messy Tea Party

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Title:

A Very Messy Tea Party

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Overview:

In this reading passage, students learn about the Boston Tea Party. In the early 1700s, the British government made a special deal with the East India Company, an English organization doing trade in the East Indies. They granted the East India Company a monopoly on tea by agreeing that no other company was allowed to sell tea in Britain or its colonies. This was a great deal for the East India Company since it meant that the company could charge whatever it wanted for its products. It already costs a lot to get a crate of tea from India to England, and government taxes made the cost of tea even higher.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 5
United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution

7 ) Determine causes and events leading to the American Revolution, including the French and Indian War, the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party.

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, History, Civics and Government

Course Title: United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Determine the causes and events leading to the American Revolution, including the French and Indian War, the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party.

Teacher Vocabulary:

cause
effect
revolution
intolerable

Knowledge:

Students know:

The effects of the French and Indian War.
The Stamp Act enraged the citizens of the colonies and was the origin of the phrase "No Taxation with Representation".
The Intolerable Acts were enacted to punish the Boston colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
The Boston Massacre was a result of conflict between the British soldiers and angry colonists.
The Boston Tea Party was the colonists' response to taxes on tea.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Explain why colonies were engaged in the French and Indian War.
Describe and evaluate how colonists reacted to the Stamp Act.
Describe the effects of the Intolerable Acts.
Describe the Boston Massacre and analyze colonists response to the Boston Massacre.
Describe the Boston Tea Party and examine the effects of this event.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

The causes and effects of events that lead to the American Revolution.

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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.5.7a- Define revolution; recognize causes and events that led to the American Revolution including the Stamp Act and Boston Tea Party.

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Boston Tea Party, colonists

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Ginger Boyd

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A Very Messy Tea Party