Power & The People: The Causes of The American Revolution

AQA GCSE history lesson for The Power & The People thematic unit. In this lesson we look at the long and short term causes of the American Revolution.

We start with a retrieval practice instagram themed starter on the Peasants Revolt, but works with any historical event. We then look at the set-up of the colonies in America in the mid 1700’s. We then look at the overall causes of the colonists grievances and arguments for independence with a card sort categorising task. We then look at some of the important legislation and acts that were passed in the British Parliament that were detrimental to the colonists and contributed the the revolution. the pupils rate the possible reactions of the colonists and then rank the acts on order of significance. We then complete an Iceberg analysis of the causes. The short term trigger events are above water, the longer term causes are below water. We then finish on some questions and a countdown plenary complete with pressurising music.

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