Thursday, May 2nd and Friday, May 3rd

Here was our agenda these two days:

The Road to Revolution continued...We discussed these important events and acts:

• The Proclamation of 1763
• The Sugar Act 1764
• The Stamp Act 1765
• The Declaratory Act 1766
• The Townshend Acts 1767
• The Sending of British Troops to Boston 1768
• The Bloody Massacre 1770
• In class we re-enacted the Boston Massacre. The students were led by Mr M through the events on March 5, 1770 (and some of the other causes for tension just before this)
• We viewed parts of HBO's John Adams mini-series - specifically the trial of the British Soldiers
• Mr. M also introduced the USM Freedom Trail Project!