Teaching the Causes of the American Revolution
Navigation Acts, Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Lexington & Concord. Does this timeline of events sound familiar? I was able to rattle these off- okay, type- these traditionally taught causes of the American Revolution very quickly, but I hate teaching them chronologically […]
History in the Kitchen: Colonial Tea & Little Cakes
As American history teachers, particularly US I teachers, we always teach about a tax on tea. How often, though, do we question “Why tea?” How the world would a bunch of people in our present-day-coffee-drinking-American-society understand why *tea* of all things led to violent, destructive rioting. The backlash against taxation on tea and British control […]
Political Philosophy BEFORE the Revolution
In reading text books over the years, I’ve noticed that many mention that the colonists sought the “British rights” to which they were entitled as a cause of the American Revolution. Among other things, taxation without representation angered them and they were incensed by the Crown denying them trial by jury. However, in these same […]
Review: Museum of the American Revolution
The Museum of the American Revolution obviously had many different types of clientele in mind when they designed their exhibits. There is something for the Revolutionary War expert and novice, for the young and the young at heart. I highly recommend spending your day in this very special place. Here’s why.