Essential Vocab
A preference or unfair leaning toward one side that can shape how we see or explain things
What is bias?
The Patriots threw huge quantities of British tea into the Boston harbor as a response to this British action
What is the Tea Act?
This is what patriots called the conflict on March 5, 1770, between British soldiers and working-class Bostonians, in order to turn the colonies against Britain.
What is a massacre?
This is the first step of the Critical Reading procedure.
What is "identify the purpose?"
Basic rights all people are born with, like life, liberty, and property
What are Natural Rights?
This phrase meant that the colonists were being taxed without having a say in how that tax money was used
What is taxation without representation?
Someone who supports the separation of the colonies from Britain?
What is a patriot?
Repeated words, vocab words, authors' names, and words you don't understand are examples of these terms you should circle.
What are key terms?
This is when Britain ignored strict rule of the colonies, letting them run themselves
What is Salutary Neglect?
This region was characterized as having fertile soil, moderate climate; "breadbasket" farming, diverse population, religious tolerance, and active trade.
What are the middle colonies?
This is a colonist who supports the king of Britain and does not want to "break up" with Britain.
What is a loyalist?
You skim the text to look for these.
What are subheaders and section organization?
The violent killing of many people at once, often in a cruel or shocking way
What is a massacre?
To symbolize that they were American, not British, the Patriots dressed as Native Americans when they threw tea in Boston Harbor during this event.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
What was the primary objective of creating a "Declaration of Independence" and sending it to Britain?
What was declaring independence from (or breaking up with) Britain?
You do this part of the Critical Reading procedure to help you name the specific paragraph in the article that your evidence came from.
What is "number the paragraphs?"
Cruel or unfair rule by someone in power
What is tyranny?
This introduced ideas about natural rights, liberty, and government by the people, shaping colonists' belief that they deserved political freedom.
It encouraged questioning of traditional authority and promoted ideas of equality and individual choice. This made colonists more willing to challenge political authority too.
What is the Great Awakening?
This is the name of the clarifying notes you write about the evidence you found in the article that answers the prompt.
What is annotation?