1) Students will participate in a Structured Academic Controversy to understand opposing viewpoints on the American Revolution by reading primary sources from King George and the Continental Congress. 2) Working in groups, students will be assigned a position and use the sources to summarize, question, and reach a consensus on whether the colonists were treated fairly by Britain. 3) The lesson aims to help students explain the causes of the American Revolution and articulate opposing perspectives using evidence from the historical documents.