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September 10 th , 2012

Materials One set of documents, One set of marking the text In notes, write down the objectives, and mark your homework! Objective: To finish the milestones of the Revolution, and practice of reading strategy #1 Homework: 2.1-2.3 (pg. 15-17 ) . September 10 th , 2012 .

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September 10 th , 2012

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  1. Materials • One set of documents, • One set of marking the text • In notes, write down the objectives, and mark your homework! • Objective: To finish the milestones of the Revolution, and practice of reading strategy #1 • Homework: 2.1-2.3 (pg. 15-17 ) September 10th, 2012

  2. Why, we have severe peanut allergies in the surrounding classes, which means if any food was produced in a food plant, or at home that has any traces, smells, oils of peanuts there is a very high change of someone going to the hospital, So please for the safety of the other students no food in the classroom. No Food No Drinks, Excepts Water

  3. Adding on to your notes from Wednesday, or on a new sheet of paper if you were absent, write Warm-up and the date. looking back at the two maps (one before the French and Indian War, and After) what benefits were gained by Great Britain in the lands ceded by France? Warm-up

  4. Map before the War

  5. After your notes on the Warm-up Continue the notes on the Revolutionary Milestones Revolutionary Milestones Continued

  6. Q: “What major ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND MILITARY events and ideas characterized the American War for Independence (1763-1783)? American Revolution Milestones

  7. 1763 – End of F&I War = Changing British policy --Heavy enforcement of Navigation Acts (George Grenville) --Writs of Assistance --Proclamation of 1763 1764 Sugar Act 1765 Stamp Act ** Quartering Act (“home as castle?”) . . . , 3rd Amendment Stamp Act Congress . . .“Declaration of Colonial Rights & Grievances” Sons of Liberty formed (Samuel Adams) 1766 Stamp Act Repealed . . . , Declaratory Act passed. 1767 Townshend Duties 1770 Boston Massacre -- 1st Battle of Revolution? Background: PreWar Timeline

  8. 1773 Boston Tea Party = response to British Monopoly 1774 Intolerable (Coercive) Acts --Closing of Boston Port --Limit of Jury Trials --Town Meetings Restricted --Violation of “Rights of Englishmen” --1st Continental Congress Held: Raises Militia Suspends Trade w/Eng. 1774 Quebec Act 1775 Olive Branch Petition – Last Chance for Peace 1775 Battle of Lexington/Concord “Shot Heard Around the World” Casualties ≈ 90 Colonists : 270 British 1776 Paine’s CommonSense/2nd Continental Congress’ Declaration of Independence

  9. At 2 o’clock we began our march by wading through a very long ford up to the middles; after going a few miles we took three or four people who were going off to give intelligence; about five miles on this side of a town called Lexington, which lay in our road, we heard there were some hundreds of people collected together intending to oppose us and stop our going on; at 5 o’clock we arrived there, and saw a number of people, I believe between 200 and 300, formed in a common in the middle of town; we still continued advancing, keeping prepared against an attack through without intending to attack them; but on our coming near them they fired on us two shots, upon which our men without any orders, rushed upon them, fired and put them to flight; several of them were killed, we could not tell how many, because they were behind walls and into the woods. from: The British in Boston: Being the Diary of Lieutenant John Barker of the King’s Own Regiment from November 15, 1774 to May 31, 1776. Notes by Elizabeth Ellery Dana. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1924.

  10. 1775 --April: Lexington/Concord --May: Ethan Allan (Green Mtn. Boys) w/ Benedict Arnold capture Ft. Ticonderoga (NY) --June: Bunker Hill = massive casualties for British, yet battle won. 1776 --May: King Louis XVI authorizes secret weapons to colonists. . . Not yet convinced of colonists’ chances --Sept.: Nathan Hale Hanged as spy = “Ideals” --Dec.: Battle of Trenton (“The Crisis”) – American victory boosts morale . . . Followed by Princeton. Military Milestones:

  11. 1777 --August: Articles of Confederation drafted. Ratified in 1781 . . Too much power to states? --Oct.: Saratoga (NY) Major Colonial victory . . . Followed by formal French recognition of American Independence --Dec.: Winter at Valley Forge; training by Baron von Steuben 1778-1781 --British move war into South. Occupy port cities of Savannah (GA) & Charleston (SC). By 1781 colonists win series of battles. --(1780) Benedict Arnold plans surrender of West Point . . . Made General for British. 1781 --Oct. American & French force British surrender at Yorktown (VA) 1783 --Treaty of Paris = Formal end to war . . . Easy terms to prevent lasting American/French alliance?

  12. Number the text, before you read, take a moment and number the paragraphs in the section you are planning to read • Like page numbers, paragraph numbers can help you easily refer to specific sections of the text. Reading Strategy #1 Marking the Text

  13. Circle key terms, names, of people, names of places and dates Step 2

  14. Underline an Author’s Claims Step 3

  15. Underline Relevant Information Step #4

  16. Closing

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