Fifth Grade-ILS Social Studies

Crisis in Boston

Period: Jan 1, 1770 to Dec 31, 1774

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

1) What was one of the first things that happened to cause trouble on the day of the Boston Massacre? 2) Why did the British soldiers fear for their safety? 3) Why did the firing of guns begin? How many people eventually died?

Propaganda

Mar 13, 1770

4) How was the Boston Massacre used against the British?

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

1) What one item did the British continue o tax after repealing the Townshend Acts? 2) Which company was losing money and caused Britain to pass the Tea Act? 3) Why did this anger the colonists, especially shopkeepers?

East India Company Confrontation

Dec 15, 1773

4) Who was there to meet the first ship of tea from the first East India Company ships? Does the book make it seem like a peaceful confrontation?

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

5) In December 1773, what did the Sons of Liberty dress up as to get aboard a tea ship? Whay did they do once on board? 6) Why did they clean up the ship after dumping the tea overboard?

Delaware Tea Party

Dec 25, 1773

7) The Boston Tea Party news spread. Where were there other similar types of protests? 8) Who was outraged by the Boston Tea Party?

Intolerable Acts

Mar 18, 1774

9) What two different names did the British and Colonists call the Act passed in the spring of 1774? 10) Summarize each of the four acts. 11) What was the name of the two groups that were split on the Intolerable Acts? 12) How did other colonies help Boston?

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

13) What did the committees of correspondence do? 14) What two things did the First Continental Congress decide to do in September 1774? 15) Was the Continental Congress looking to fight for their independence?

Lesson 2-The Fighting Begins

Period: Jan 3, 1775 to Dec 31, 1775

Minutemen

Feb 1, 1775

1) How did the results of protesting previous Acts differ from protesting the Intolerable Acts? 2) Who was the leader of the Committee of Safety, and what did they do? 3) Why did the Minutemen give themselves that name?

Lexington and Concord

Apr 18, 1775

4) Where were the weapons being collected and stored by the Minutemen? 5) Put in order, a number of the events that happened.

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

1) When and where was the Second Continental Congress held? 2) What are two things that gave the colonists hope about their chances of beating British in war?

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1775

3) What type of landform did the Battle of Bunker Hill take place? 4) Why did thousands of British cross a river to form battle ranks at Breed’s Hill? 5) What was the order Colonel Prescott gave to his colonial soldiers?

Battle of Bunker Hill2

Jun 17, 1775

6) How many times did the British charge the hill before finally taking control of Charlestown? 7) Did the American’s win or lose the Battle at Bunker Hill? How did this make them feel and why?

A Call for Freedom

Nov 7, 1775

8) Why did the Continental Army choose not to let African Americans join the fight? Why did they eventually change their minds?