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Road to Independence 

Liselot Boes en Noëlle  van Domburg 

Lesson Plan 

Lesson goals (1 min.)      

Introduction (1 min.) 

Historical facts (5 min.)

An assignment (8 min.)

Recap Lesson goals (5 min.)

Lesson  goals 

- You can give the cause of the American Revolutionary War.

- You can explain what the Declaration of Independence was and make your own version. 

- You can explain which effects of the road to Independence are still visible in the US nowadays, give three examples. 

Introduction 

-13 British colonies in North America

-The 4th of July in 1776

-United Stated of America 

-13 stripes, celebration of Independence Day, US an independent nation

American Revolutionary War 

Against Great Britain 

"No taxation without representation" 

Boston Tea Party 

Yorktown 1781

Treaty of Paris 1783

United States 

-A federal republic, democratically chosen leaders

- The constitution: laws and rights (1789)

- 'We the people'

- Bill of rights, by the Founding Father James Madison (June 8, 1789)

- Trias Politica

- Legislator, executive branch, judiciary 

Assignment 

"- Write your own Declaration of Independence!

Recap

Did we achieve the lesson goals?

Explain the main cause of the American Revolutionary War

1. The Declaration of Independence
2. Introduction the Bill of rights
3. colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies
4. Boston Tea party

explain which effects of the road to Independence are still visible in the US nowadays, give three examples

The End