Analyze the 12-year Road to Revolution 1763-1775 — Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Tea Act and Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, First Continental Congress — including Patriot organizing AND Loyalist perspectives
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~5 min hist.g5.f.ex_37

Galloway Plan Of Union

Prompt

What was Joseph Galloway's 1774 Plan of Union? Why is the Loyalist perspective important?

How it's presented
mode writing prompt audio ID audio.g5f.ex 37.stem
Answer criteria
type open ended
rubric
Required: Plan proposed colonial parliament under Crown with veto over British acts affecting colonies; rejected by First Continental Congress by ONE vote; 15-30% of colonists were Loyalist; Loyalists made different choices for principled reasons
Hints
  1. Lesson 16 covered Galloway and Loyalist perspectives
  2. 15-30% of colonists were Loyalist
Misconceptions to watch
  • Treating Loyalists as 'traitors' or 'bad guys'
  • Missing the ONE-vote rejection fact
Used in lessons