George washington played a great role in the french and indian war. At the time of the war washington was a young guy. The north americas was fighting the indians over the applicion mountain. George washington was teamed up with half king. some one from the french slice half king in half and evryone blamed washington for killing him.
In the revolutionary war washington didnt do that good at first because he almost got caught by british because he got cornored then ecaped in the fog. He also helped men at vally forge to trian for the battle. He kept running from everybody and didnt make his men hide from any thing.
He important because he did alot of stuff even though he was kind of suck when he was younger but in his older days he learns alot and he help the men though vally forge and train them. He was a great leader and a good fighter.
Friday, June 13, 2008
finial essay
The battle of brooklyn hieghts play a big part in history. washington and his was walking and the british was behind them and they got corner. So the excaped by a boat because it was foggy that night. Washington almost got killed and captured. It was also washington first battle and his decides he has to spend most of his time running and it was also the Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century. This is important because if washington had got he would not be alive it the world wouldnt turn out like it would.
If i could choose one thing of brooklyn heights it would be that it wasnt foggy out that night. It could of really happen because weather is unperdictable washington wash lucky that it was foggy out that night. The effect that it would have had of history would be that washington could have been shoot. If he was killed there would be no vally forge. This was to really happen we wouldnt have the government that we have to day.
Brooklyn heights is important to day because washington had survive and he gave us alot of victorys and helped to establish the goverment was have today. If it was to happen there would be no goverment and no one dollar bill.
If i could choose one thing of brooklyn heights it would be that it wasnt foggy out that night. It could of really happen because weather is unperdictable washington wash lucky that it was foggy out that night. The effect that it would have had of history would be that washington could have been shoot. If he was killed there would be no vally forge. This was to really happen we wouldnt have the government that we have to day.
Brooklyn heights is important to day because washington had survive and he gave us alot of victorys and helped to establish the goverment was have today. If it was to happen there would be no goverment and no one dollar bill.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Book porfilio
The book I am using for my book portfolio Of mice and men I choose this book cause it was good and it had a lot of history though out the book. John Steinbeck wrote the book in 1937. In the book there was two people named Lennie and George they was migrant works moving from farm to farm. George was the smarter one and lennie was big but dumb. The theme of the book is friendship is hard the significance of the theme is that George has a commitment to take care of Lennie even though he does bad thing.
Lennie expresses the theme in the book by first grabbing the girl from the first farm causing them to have to run away. On the way to the other farm lennie kills a mouse and show aggrieve behavior. The second reason lennie show the theme is because at the farm he didn’t say anything and the made curly mad and almost start a fight.
The last reason he shows the theme is he kills curly wife and the he run and George shot him in back of the head because he knew that was going to shoot him anyways.
This book has historical theme is migrant workers
In the 1930’s there was about fifty percent of people are migrant workers. A migrant worker moves from farm to farm trying to find a job. A migrant worker gets paid very little but they shelter him and they also feed him. They usual have no family or friends.
In conclusion this book brings out the theme of two friends but George had to kill Lennie because he didn’t want lennie to get in anymore trouble and George wanted to live his life. George and lennie was different form the other workers because they had each other but the other men was only they wasn’t.
Lennie expresses the theme in the book by first grabbing the girl from the first farm causing them to have to run away. On the way to the other farm lennie kills a mouse and show aggrieve behavior. The second reason lennie show the theme is because at the farm he didn’t say anything and the made curly mad and almost start a fight.
The last reason he shows the theme is he kills curly wife and the he run and George shot him in back of the head because he knew that was going to shoot him anyways.
This book has historical theme is migrant workers
In the 1930’s there was about fifty percent of people are migrant workers. A migrant worker moves from farm to farm trying to find a job. A migrant worker gets paid very little but they shelter him and they also feed him. They usual have no family or friends.
In conclusion this book brings out the theme of two friends but George had to kill Lennie because he didn’t want lennie to get in anymore trouble and George wanted to live his life. George and lennie was different form the other workers because they had each other but the other men was only they wasn’t.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Dear, Elise Littlefield,
Hello its me Dakota. Iam at Valley Forge. How is everything back at Plymouth? I joined the Continental Army because the Boston Tea Party I couldnt drink the tea.
Life here sucks. We live in a 16 by 14 foot hut. The walls are only 6 feet high and built in a pit two feet below the ground with a dirt floor. I sleep in the hut with 12 other men. The soilders are becoming sick from dysentery and typhus because the soilder go to the bathroom outside the hut so when you wake up from the cold night you walk outside and step in a big pile of crap. When it rain it washes the crap and pee in the tent. The only thing we eat is fire cakes and there are about 10,000 soilders here.
Well the good side is Gernal Washington dicided to pull his finger out of his butt and tell the soilders to go to the bathroom somewhere else if they dont they get 5 leashes. Washington got about 4,000 men vaccinated for the small poxs . He also told us to cut window out for circulation in the springs. Washington is kind of a retard of Brooklyn Height. He got us corner by the British and we had to escape in the fog by boat. Baron Von Steuben help the men use the banet and shoot better and made them fit.
I dont like the revolution because all my friends are dying but some one has to do it so that we can live in a free country. I will be home soon to see you! I am not going to relist because i want to get married and start a family.
Forever and always,
Love,
Dakota Cohen
Hello its me Dakota. Iam at Valley Forge. How is everything back at Plymouth? I joined the Continental Army because the Boston Tea Party I couldnt drink the tea.
Life here sucks. We live in a 16 by 14 foot hut. The walls are only 6 feet high and built in a pit two feet below the ground with a dirt floor. I sleep in the hut with 12 other men. The soilders are becoming sick from dysentery and typhus because the soilder go to the bathroom outside the hut so when you wake up from the cold night you walk outside and step in a big pile of crap. When it rain it washes the crap and pee in the tent. The only thing we eat is fire cakes and there are about 10,000 soilders here.
Well the good side is Gernal Washington dicided to pull his finger out of his butt and tell the soilders to go to the bathroom somewhere else if they dont they get 5 leashes. Washington got about 4,000 men vaccinated for the small poxs . He also told us to cut window out for circulation in the springs. Washington is kind of a retard of Brooklyn Height. He got us corner by the British and we had to escape in the fog by boat. Baron Von Steuben help the men use the banet and shoot better and made them fit.
I dont like the revolution because all my friends are dying but some one has to do it so that we can live in a free country. I will be home soon to see you! I am not going to relist because i want to get married and start a family.
Forever and always,
Love,
Dakota Cohen
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Roger sherman
Roger shermen was born in Newtown, Massachusetts on April 19, 1721. When he was two years old his family moved to Stonington,where he grew up without a education. His father die and he became a large supporter of his large family while at working on his cobbler's. In 1749 he married Elizabeth Hartwell. In 1755, he was elected a representative of New Milford in the general assembly of Connecticut. In 1760, his wife Elizabeth died leaving their seven children in his care. In 1761Sherman moved to New Haven, where he managed two stores. In 1763 he married Rebecca Prescott who had eight more childen. In July of 1793, Roger Sherman died of typhoid at the age of 72. At the time he served as US Senator from Connecticut under the new constitution that he had helped to build a new nation, that he had spent most of his life defending.
During he revolutionary war He was elected New Haven's first mayor in 1784. He was also a signer of the Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4 1776 along with Thomas jefferson and John hancock. Sherman was first elected to Congress in 1774, two years before the war. In the Congress of 1776, he assisted on committees appointed to give instructions for the military operations of the army in Canada to establish regulations and restrictions on the trade of the United States; to regulate the currency of the country; to furnish supplies for the army; to provide for the expenses of the government; to prepare articles of confederation between the several states, and to propose a plan of military operations for the campaign of 1776. He was also on the drafting committee for the Declaration of Independence, with John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Livingston. During the war, he belonged to the governor's council of safety. He was also the mayor of New Haven from 1784 until his death.
When he was involed with operation of the army in canada benedict arnold and his gang went up there and got his but handed to then. He was also regulated and restricted for the army and help furnishing the money and firnish supplys for the army. Roger shermen was a very powerful and respected polipiction. He was also very intersted in the goverment. Roger Sherman wrote and published a very popular Almanac each year from 1750 to 1761. Almanlac is a local book that give information. James Madison's notes on the convention gave Shermen credit with one hundred and thirtyeight speeches to the convention. His was elected first congress caused by the resignation of William S. Johnson.
In conclusion I dont think we should give more recommendation to Roger Shermen because as you can tell from the reading he really didn't play big part in the revolutionary war. He was basically a great polipiction. He didnt play a big part like George Washington and John adams.
During he revolutionary war He was elected New Haven's first mayor in 1784. He was also a signer of the Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4 1776 along with Thomas jefferson and John hancock. Sherman was first elected to Congress in 1774, two years before the war. In the Congress of 1776, he assisted on committees appointed to give instructions for the military operations of the army in Canada to establish regulations and restrictions on the trade of the United States; to regulate the currency of the country; to furnish supplies for the army; to provide for the expenses of the government; to prepare articles of confederation between the several states, and to propose a plan of military operations for the campaign of 1776. He was also on the drafting committee for the Declaration of Independence, with John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Livingston. During the war, he belonged to the governor's council of safety. He was also the mayor of New Haven from 1784 until his death.
When he was involed with operation of the army in canada benedict arnold and his gang went up there and got his but handed to then. He was also regulated and restricted for the army and help furnishing the money and firnish supplys for the army. Roger shermen was a very powerful and respected polipiction. He was also very intersted in the goverment. Roger Sherman wrote and published a very popular Almanac each year from 1750 to 1761. Almanlac is a local book that give information. James Madison's notes on the convention gave Shermen credit with one hundred and thirtyeight speeches to the convention. His was elected first congress caused by the resignation of William S. Johnson.
In conclusion I dont think we should give more recommendation to Roger Shermen because as you can tell from the reading he really didn't play big part in the revolutionary war. He was basically a great polipiction. He didnt play a big part like George Washington and John adams.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Revolution Notes
1763—Proclamation Act
created a line that said the indians could have the land from appalachian to the mississippi river. colonist can have the other side.
1764—Grenville Acts (direct tax)
Sugar (molasses, wine)
Stamp
Quartering
Currency
Virtual/ Direct Representation
first set of taxes britian put on the colony. the reason there taxing is to cover the 7 year wAR DEBT
1765—Stamp Act Congress
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
John Hancock
Propaganda
Boycotts
Lobsters (Lobster-backs, Thomas Lobster)
FIRST TIME THE COLONIST ORGANIZED THEM SELF AGAINST BRITTIAN.
1766—Declaratory Act
TAKES BACK THE GRENEVILL ACT.AND STATES THAT BRITIAN CAN DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO THE COLONYS.
1767—Townsend Acts (indirect tax)
Charles Townsend
Writs of Assistance (search warrants)
Revenue used to pay Royal officials in the colonies
Tea Act (glass, paper, paint) support British East India Company
SECOND SET OF TAXES BRITIAN PUT ON THE COLONYS
1770—Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
Local reaction (primarily)
5 dead colonists
John Adams defends British soldiers/5 exonerated-2 convicted
Convicted men discharged and thumbs branded
THIS EVENT WAS USED AS PROPAGANDA TO MAKE PEOPLE ANGER AT THE BRITISH.
1773—Boston Tea Party
November 30, 1773--Dartmouth sails into Boston Harbor
December 16, 1773--Tea dumped into harbor
340 chests of tea dumped (value of 10,000 British pounds)
MAKE BRITIAN ANGERY BECAUSE THEY LOST MONEY
1774—Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts in Britain)
Close the port of Boston
Shut down Provincial and Town Governments
All offices appointed
Named General Thomas Gage as Governor
Gave all western lands north of the Ohio R. to Quebec, allowed Catholic Church to practice
3TH ACT.NOT JUST ABOUT COLLECTING MONEY, BRITIAN WANTS TO PUNISH MAS.
1774—1st Continental Congress
September to October (7 weeks)
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
New England—John Adams, Paul Revere, Silas Deane
Virginia—Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee
Pennsylvania—John Dickenson, Joseph Galloway (Plan for American council under Parliament, to avoid war)
New York—John Jay, James Duane
Maryland—Samuel Chase (future Supreme Court Justice), Charles Carroll (richest man in Maryland, Catholic)
Declaration of Rights—rejects Parliamentary authority over internal colonial affairs, colonies manage own defense, united aid to Boston if Intolerable Acts continue, absolute boycott of British goods to be enforced rigidly
COLONY ALL AGREED TO HELP EACHOTHER IS A CRISIS.
1775— January
William Pitt urges Parliament to withdraw troops from America because the idea of managing the colonies through force was “too ridiculous to take up a moment of your lordships’ time”
WIILIAM PIT PREDICTS THE OUT COME OF THE WAR.
1775—April 19 Lexington and Concord
Gen. Gage sends 700 men to Concord to seize the powder supplies
Paul Revere and William Dawes raise alarm the night before
Town of Lexington is on the way to Concord
Minutemen are assembled on the town common
“Shot heard round the world”
18 colonials killed and the rest run away
British march on to Concord and find the munitions were moved overnight
Minutemen ambush the British the whole way back to Boston
430 Redcoats make it back to Boston
30,000 Colonists surround Boston
FIRST BATTLE OF THE REV.
1775—May
Gen. Howe, Gen. Clinton, Gen. Burgoyne
5,000 British troops
Ethan Allen, “Green Mountain Boys” seize Fort Ticonderoga
Henry Knox uses canon to lay siege on Boston
Benedict Arnold (Connecticut) takes Fort Crown Point to impede an invasion from Canada
TH WAR IS BUILDING UP.
1775—May 10, 2nd Continental Congress
Sam Adams pushes for Independence
John Dickenson (Penn.) urges restraint
Agree to form Colonial Army
Delegates unanimously agree to Washington as Commander of Continental Army (John Adams suggestion)
WE FORM A ARMY
1775—June 17, “Battle of Bunker Hill”
Actually fought on Breed’s Hill
Gen. Howe leads assault without canon support (his canon had been matched with wrong-sized cannonballs [Amherst at Ticonderoga])
Militia waited to within 30 yards (some say 15 yards)
Militia target British officers
Militia ran extremely low on ammunition
On the third assault, led by Gen. Howe, British troops overtake the colonial position
Britain losses almost 1000 men (about half the attacking force)
Colonials lose about 500 men
BUNKER HILL CONVICTS THE COLONIES CAN WIN.
1776—January, Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine
120,000 copies sold in three months
THIS CONVICTS REGULAR PEOPLE TO FIGHT ENGLAND [PROPGANDA]
1776—March
Gen. William Howe evacuates Boston
July 2, lands in Staten Island, New York (Loyalist base)
1776—Declaration of Independence
June 7, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) introduces legislation to declare independence from Britain
Before voting on Lee’s proposal Congress appoints five-man committee (chosen by John Adams) to draft a formal Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson, 33, does most of the writing)
June 28, Declaration presented to Congress
July 2, Congress approves Lee’s legislation to declare the United States of America independent of Great Britain
July 4, Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration intended to:
Undermine loyalty to King George III
Outline basic principles of representative government
Establish the “right” of rebellion
ALL COLONIES ARE REALLY UNITED WITH BRITIAN
War
1776—August, Brooklyn Heights, New York
Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century
British victory, city falls to England
As winter came “sunshine patriots” left the American Army
Initial colonial enlistments due to expire
WASHINGTON FIRST BATTLE,ALMOST GETS KILL AND CAPTURED, DECIDES HE HAS TO SPEND MOST OF HIS TIME RUNNING.
1776—December, Battle of Trenton
Howe believes war almost won
1,400 Hessians stationed at Trenton
Colonel Rall (Hessian) builds no fortifications
Washington “Crosses the Delaware” Christmas night
2,500 men; 18 artillery guns
Surprise attack at dawn
106 Hessians killed, 918 captured
No colonial casualties
Washington retreats in secret to avoid Gen. Cornwallis counter-attack
WASHINGTON FIRST VICTORY. CAUSE HE WAS RUNNING SO MUCH HE NEEDS THIS WIN IN ORDER TO KEEP ARMY IN THE FIELD.
1777—January, Princeton
Washington ambushes British troops
Colonial victory establishes this will not be a quick war for Britain
VERY SMALL BATTLE, WASHINGTON 2ND WIN
1777—September-October, Saratoga
Gen. Burgoyne plans a three-prong attack on colonials at Albany
Plan does not consider the terrain, forcing British troops to march through swamps, lakes, hills and forests full of rebels
Two of the three “prongs” never arrive (Howe goes to Philadelphia instead, St. Leger retreats to New York afraid of Benedict Arnold)
Sept. Burgoyne crosses Hudson River
Oct. 17, Burgoyne surrenders
Establishes American Army as real threat
Helps secure open French Alliance
Turning Point of the War
1777-1778—Winter at Valley Forge
Under-funded troops
Low morale
10,000+ troops
4,000 troops listed as “unfit for duty” due to poor supplies (boots, blankets, coats, etc.)
2,500 troops die of disease (typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia)
George Washington mentioned a lack of shoes so severe that the men's "marches might be tracked by the blood from their feet”
Local farmers would sell produce to Brits who could pay cash
LOWEST POINT OF THE WAR, WASHINGTON DOES NOT KNOW THE FRENCH IS GOING TO HELP.AMERICAN DOES NOT QUITE-
1779—February, Vincennes
1780—August, Camden
1780—October, Kings Mountain
1781—October, Yorktown
British Gen. Cornwallis
American Gen. Washington (also “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Baron von Steuben)
French Gen. Rochambeau (also Marquis de Lafayette)
Essentially a French Naval victory
Last significant battle of the war .
BRITIAN QUIT AFTER THIS BECAUSE THEY REALIZE IS TO EXPENSIVE AND TO HARD TO WIN. { PIT WAS RIGHT }
1783—Sept. 3, Treaty of Paris
Britain recognizes American independence
America gets all land from Atlantic coast to Miss. River, Great Lakes to Florida
Fishing rights to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland
America must pay debts to Britain
American congress would “earnestly recommend” all Loyalist property returned (States ignore this request)
TAKES TWO YEARS TO SETTLE BECAUSE AMERICA AND FRANCE ARGUE OVER WHAT THEY GET FROM BRITIAN
1763—Proclamation Act
created a line that said the indians could have the land from appalachian to the mississippi river. colonist can have the other side.
1764—Grenville Acts (direct tax)
Sugar (molasses, wine)
Stamp
Quartering
Currency
Virtual/ Direct Representation
first set of taxes britian put on the colony. the reason there taxing is to cover the 7 year wAR DEBT
1765—Stamp Act Congress
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
John Hancock
Propaganda
Boycotts
Lobsters (Lobster-backs, Thomas Lobster)
FIRST TIME THE COLONIST ORGANIZED THEM SELF AGAINST BRITTIAN.
1766—Declaratory Act
TAKES BACK THE GRENEVILL ACT.AND STATES THAT BRITIAN CAN DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO THE COLONYS.
1767—Townsend Acts (indirect tax)
Charles Townsend
Writs of Assistance (search warrants)
Revenue used to pay Royal officials in the colonies
Tea Act (glass, paper, paint) support British East India Company
SECOND SET OF TAXES BRITIAN PUT ON THE COLONYS
1770—Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
Local reaction (primarily)
5 dead colonists
John Adams defends British soldiers/5 exonerated-2 convicted
Convicted men discharged and thumbs branded
THIS EVENT WAS USED AS PROPAGANDA TO MAKE PEOPLE ANGER AT THE BRITISH.
1773—Boston Tea Party
November 30, 1773--Dartmouth sails into Boston Harbor
December 16, 1773--Tea dumped into harbor
340 chests of tea dumped (value of 10,000 British pounds)
MAKE BRITIAN ANGERY BECAUSE THEY LOST MONEY
1774—Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts in Britain)
Close the port of Boston
Shut down Provincial and Town Governments
All offices appointed
Named General Thomas Gage as Governor
Gave all western lands north of the Ohio R. to Quebec, allowed Catholic Church to practice
3TH ACT.NOT JUST ABOUT COLLECTING MONEY, BRITIAN WANTS TO PUNISH MAS.
1774—1st Continental Congress
September to October (7 weeks)
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
New England—John Adams, Paul Revere, Silas Deane
Virginia—Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee
Pennsylvania—John Dickenson, Joseph Galloway (Plan for American council under Parliament, to avoid war)
New York—John Jay, James Duane
Maryland—Samuel Chase (future Supreme Court Justice), Charles Carroll (richest man in Maryland, Catholic)
Declaration of Rights—rejects Parliamentary authority over internal colonial affairs, colonies manage own defense, united aid to Boston if Intolerable Acts continue, absolute boycott of British goods to be enforced rigidly
COLONY ALL AGREED TO HELP EACHOTHER IS A CRISIS.
1775— January
William Pitt urges Parliament to withdraw troops from America because the idea of managing the colonies through force was “too ridiculous to take up a moment of your lordships’ time”
WIILIAM PIT PREDICTS THE OUT COME OF THE WAR.
1775—April 19 Lexington and Concord
Gen. Gage sends 700 men to Concord to seize the powder supplies
Paul Revere and William Dawes raise alarm the night before
Town of Lexington is on the way to Concord
Minutemen are assembled on the town common
“Shot heard round the world”
18 colonials killed and the rest run away
British march on to Concord and find the munitions were moved overnight
Minutemen ambush the British the whole way back to Boston
430 Redcoats make it back to Boston
30,000 Colonists surround Boston
FIRST BATTLE OF THE REV.
1775—May
Gen. Howe, Gen. Clinton, Gen. Burgoyne
5,000 British troops
Ethan Allen, “Green Mountain Boys” seize Fort Ticonderoga
Henry Knox uses canon to lay siege on Boston
Benedict Arnold (Connecticut) takes Fort Crown Point to impede an invasion from Canada
TH WAR IS BUILDING UP.
1775—May 10, 2nd Continental Congress
Sam Adams pushes for Independence
John Dickenson (Penn.) urges restraint
Agree to form Colonial Army
Delegates unanimously agree to Washington as Commander of Continental Army (John Adams suggestion)
WE FORM A ARMY
1775—June 17, “Battle of Bunker Hill”
Actually fought on Breed’s Hill
Gen. Howe leads assault without canon support (his canon had been matched with wrong-sized cannonballs [Amherst at Ticonderoga])
Militia waited to within 30 yards (some say 15 yards)
Militia target British officers
Militia ran extremely low on ammunition
On the third assault, led by Gen. Howe, British troops overtake the colonial position
Britain losses almost 1000 men (about half the attacking force)
Colonials lose about 500 men
BUNKER HILL CONVICTS THE COLONIES CAN WIN.
1776—January, Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine
120,000 copies sold in three months
THIS CONVICTS REGULAR PEOPLE TO FIGHT ENGLAND [PROPGANDA]
1776—March
Gen. William Howe evacuates Boston
July 2, lands in Staten Island, New York (Loyalist base)
1776—Declaration of Independence
June 7, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) introduces legislation to declare independence from Britain
Before voting on Lee’s proposal Congress appoints five-man committee (chosen by John Adams) to draft a formal Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson, 33, does most of the writing)
June 28, Declaration presented to Congress
July 2, Congress approves Lee’s legislation to declare the United States of America independent of Great Britain
July 4, Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration intended to:
Undermine loyalty to King George III
Outline basic principles of representative government
Establish the “right” of rebellion
ALL COLONIES ARE REALLY UNITED WITH BRITIAN
War
1776—August, Brooklyn Heights, New York
Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century
British victory, city falls to England
As winter came “sunshine patriots” left the American Army
Initial colonial enlistments due to expire
WASHINGTON FIRST BATTLE,ALMOST GETS KILL AND CAPTURED, DECIDES HE HAS TO SPEND MOST OF HIS TIME RUNNING.
1776—December, Battle of Trenton
Howe believes war almost won
1,400 Hessians stationed at Trenton
Colonel Rall (Hessian) builds no fortifications
Washington “Crosses the Delaware” Christmas night
2,500 men; 18 artillery guns
Surprise attack at dawn
106 Hessians killed, 918 captured
No colonial casualties
Washington retreats in secret to avoid Gen. Cornwallis counter-attack
WASHINGTON FIRST VICTORY. CAUSE HE WAS RUNNING SO MUCH HE NEEDS THIS WIN IN ORDER TO KEEP ARMY IN THE FIELD.
1777—January, Princeton
Washington ambushes British troops
Colonial victory establishes this will not be a quick war for Britain
VERY SMALL BATTLE, WASHINGTON 2ND WIN
1777—September-October, Saratoga
Gen. Burgoyne plans a three-prong attack on colonials at Albany
Plan does not consider the terrain, forcing British troops to march through swamps, lakes, hills and forests full of rebels
Two of the three “prongs” never arrive (Howe goes to Philadelphia instead, St. Leger retreats to New York afraid of Benedict Arnold)
Sept. Burgoyne crosses Hudson River
Oct. 17, Burgoyne surrenders
Establishes American Army as real threat
Helps secure open French Alliance
Turning Point of the War
1777-1778—Winter at Valley Forge
Under-funded troops
Low morale
10,000+ troops
4,000 troops listed as “unfit for duty” due to poor supplies (boots, blankets, coats, etc.)
2,500 troops die of disease (typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia)
George Washington mentioned a lack of shoes so severe that the men's "marches might be tracked by the blood from their feet”
Local farmers would sell produce to Brits who could pay cash
LOWEST POINT OF THE WAR, WASHINGTON DOES NOT KNOW THE FRENCH IS GOING TO HELP.AMERICAN DOES NOT QUITE-
1779—February, Vincennes
1780—August, Camden
1780—October, Kings Mountain
1781—October, Yorktown
British Gen. Cornwallis
American Gen. Washington (also “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Baron von Steuben)
French Gen. Rochambeau (also Marquis de Lafayette)
Essentially a French Naval victory
Last significant battle of the war .
BRITIAN QUIT AFTER THIS BECAUSE THEY REALIZE IS TO EXPENSIVE AND TO HARD TO WIN. { PIT WAS RIGHT }
1783—Sept. 3, Treaty of Paris
Britain recognizes American independence
America gets all land from Atlantic coast to Miss. River, Great Lakes to Florida
Fishing rights to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland
America must pay debts to Britain
American congress would “earnestly recommend” all Loyalist property returned (States ignore this request)
TAKES TWO YEARS TO SETTLE BECAUSE AMERICA AND FRANCE ARGUE OVER WHAT THEY GET FROM BRITIAN
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Boston masicare
Before the masicare a gaurd was gaurding a house and people started giving him crap about a hair cut he didnt pay for. The people started getting rough so the gaurd pistol whipped one of the guys in the face. The town people didnt like it so they formed a crowd and the start throwing snow balls. Then the whole crowd was getting rougho the poor incentent gaurd call for back up and eight soldiers came down. then a gun when off then the rest of soldiers gun when off.
Ladys and gentlemen of the joury these are soldiers are not guitly. The mob instigated the soldiers to shoot them by throwing snowballs at them. The men was just protecting there self by using self defense if they did not shoot the mob would have attaced them. They throw frozen snowballs at the soldiers that could have killed them.
I think the conseguences should be all the towns crowd should go to jail because the fight was unfair and they started it. The gaurd was minding his own besiness.
Ladys and gentlemen of the joury these are soldiers are not guitly. The mob instigated the soldiers to shoot them by throwing snowballs at them. The men was just protecting there self by using self defense if they did not shoot the mob would have attaced them. They throw frozen snowballs at the soldiers that could have killed them.
I think the conseguences should be all the towns crowd should go to jail because the fight was unfair and they started it. The gaurd was minding his own besiness.
Friday, April 4, 2008
RTL
Cyrano de Bergerac
Dakota Cohen
rtl4-4-08
The book we just finished reading was called Cyrano de Bergerac written by Edmond Rostand. It is a fiction because it is a drama. I also think the theme is don’t judge a book by its cover because people shouldn’t judge people before you get to know them.
In the book a man named Cyrano who has a big nose and is not very attractive but he is also a strong willed man and can talk very sweetly. There is Roxane who is beautiful and cleaver. Lastly there is a “Romeo” named Christian who is handsome and not very bright, he is unaware how to talk to women who are more intellectual than himself. Cyrano is deeply in love with Roxane but she unfortunately doesn’t know. Roxane is in love with Christian’s outer beauty. The two men; Cyrano and Christian team up and try to steal her heart.
The characters express this theme by Roxane being to “good” for Cyrano and she doesn’t give him a chance because he is ugly with a huge nose then she thought that Christian was sweet and smart because Cyrano wrote the letters to Roxane for him.
I can relate to this theme because I don’t think people should judge people just by what they look like, they should judge them by at least their inner beauty. In our school people don’t talk or make fun of people who are not in their standards.
In conclusion I liked the book I liked the end the most. I thought the theme fit the story.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
King George III
Revolution and War
1763-1789
Revolution Notes
1763—Proclamation Act
1764—Grenville Acts (direct tax)
Sugar (molasses, wine)
Stamp
Quartering
Currency
Virtual/ Direct Representation
1765—Stamp Act Congress
Sons of Liberty
Revolution and War
1763-1789
Revolution Notes
1763—Proclamation Act
1764—Grenville Acts (direct tax)
Sugar (molasses, wine)
Stamp
Quartering
Currency
Virtual/ Direct Representation
1765—Stamp Act Congress
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
paul revere
John Hancock
Propaganda
Boycotts
Lobsters (Lobster-backs, Thomas Lobster)
1766—Declaratory Act
1767—Townsend Acts (indirect tax)
Charles Townsend
Writs of Assistance (search warrants)
Revenue used to pay Royal officials in the colonies
Tea Act (glass, paper, paint) support British East India Company
1770—Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
Local reaction (primarily)
5 dead colonists
John Adams defends British soldiers/5 exonerated-2 convicted
Convicted men discharged and thumbs branded
1773—Boston Tea Party
November 30, 1773--Dartmouth sails into Boston Harbor
December 16, 1773--Tea dumped into harbor
340 chests of tea dumped (value of 10,000 British pounds)
1774—Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts in Britain)
Close the port of Boston
Shut down Provincial and Town Governments
All offices appointed
Named General Thomas Gage as Governor
Gave all western lands north of the Ohio R. to Quebec, allowed Catholic Church to practice
1774—1st Continental Congress
September to October (7 weeks)
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
New England—John Adams, Paul Revere, Silas Deane
Virginia—Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee
Pennsylvania—John Dickenson, Joseph Galloway (Plan for American council under Parliament, to avoid war)
New York—John Jay, James Duane
Maryland—Samuel Chase (future Supreme Court Justice), Charles Carroll (richest man in Maryland, Catholic)
Declaration of Rights—rejects Parliamentary authority over internal colonial affairs, colonies manage own defense, united aid to Boston if Intolerable Acts continue, absolute boycott of British goods to be enforced rigidly
1775— January
William Pitt urges Parliament to withdraw troops from America because the idea of managing the colonies through force was “too ridiculous to take up a moment of your lordships’ time”
1775—April 19 Lexington and Concord
Gen. Gage sends 700 men to Concord to seize the powder supplies
Paul Revere and William Dawes raise alarm the night before
Town of Lexington is on the way to Concord
Minutemen are assembled on the town common
“Shot heard round the world”
18 colonials killed and the rest run away
British march on to Concord and find the munitions were moved overnight
Minutemen ambush the British the whole way back to Boston
430 Redcoats make it back to Boston
30,000 Colonists surround Boston
1775—May
Gen. Howe, Gen. Clinton, gen bouyt
5,000 British troops
Ethan Allen, “Green Mountain Boys” seize Fort Ticonderoga
Henry Knox uses canon to lay siege on Boston
Benedict Arnold(Connecticut) takes Fort Crown Point to impede an invasion from Canada
1775—May 10, 2nd Continental Congress
Sam Adams pushes for Independence
John Dickenson (Penn.) urges restraint
Agree to form Colonial Army
Delegates unanimously agree to Washington as Commander of Continental Army (John Adams suggestion)
1775—June 17, “Battle of Bunker Hill”
Actually fought on Breed’s Hill
Gen. Howe leads assault without canon support (his canon had been matched with wrong-sized cannonballs [Amherst at Ticonderoga])
Militia waited to within 30 yards (some say 15 yards)
Militia target British officers
Militia ran extremely low on ammunition
On the third assault, led by Gen. Howe, British troops overtake the colonial position
Britain losses almost 1000 men (about half the attacking force)
Colonials lose about 500 men
1776—January, Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine
120,000 copies sold in three months
1776—March
Gen. William Howe evacuates Boston
July 2, lands in Staten Island, New York (Loyalist base)
1776—Declaration of Independence
June 7, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) introduces legislation to declare independence from Britain
Before voting on Lee’s proposal Congress appoints five-man committee to draft a formal Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson, 33, does most of the writing)
June 28, Declaration presented to Congress
July 2, Congress approves Lee’s legislation to declare the United States of America independent of Great Britain
July 4, Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration intended to: King george III
Undermine loyalty to Outline basic principles of representative government
Establish the “right” of rebellion
War
1776—August, Brooklyn Heights, New York
Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century
British victory, city falls to England
As winter came “sunshine patriots” left the American Army
Initial colonial enlistments due to expire
1776—December, Battle of Trenton
Howe believes war almost won
1,400 Hessians stationed at Trenton
Colonel Rall (Hessian) builds no fortifications
Washington “Crosses the Delaware” Christmas night
2,500 men; 18 artillery guns
Surprise attack at dawn
106 Hessians killed, 918 captured
No colonial casualties
Washington retreats in secret to avoid Gen. Cornwallis counter-attack
1777—January, Princeton
Washington ambushes British troops
Colonial victory establishes this will not be a quick war for Britain
1777—September-October, Saratoga
Gen. Burgoyne plans a three-prong attack on colonials at Albany
Plan does not consider the terrain, forcing British troops to march through swamps, lakes, hills and forests full of rebels
Two of the three “prongs” never arrive (Howe goes to Philadelphia instead, St. Leger retreats to New York afraid of Benedict Arnold)
Sept. Burgoyne crosses Hudson River
Oct. 17, Burgoyne surrenders
Establishes American Army as real threat
Helps secure open French Alliance
Turning Point of the War
1777-1778—Winter at Valley Forge
Under-funded troops
Low morale
10,000+ troops
4,000 troops listed as “unfit for duty” due to poor supplies (boots, blankets, coats, etc.)
2,500 troops die of disease (typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia)
George Washington mentioned a lack of shoes so severe that the men's "marches might be tracked by the blood from their feet”
Local farmers would sell produce to Brits who could pay cash
1779—February, Vincennes
1780—August, Camden
1780—October, Kings Mountain
1781—October, Yorktown
British Gen. Cornwallis
American Gen. Washington (also “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Baron von Steuben)
French Gen. Rochambeau (also Marquis de Lafayette)
Essentially a French Naval victory
Last significant battle of the war
1783—Sept. 3, Treaty of Paris
Britain recognizes American independence
America gets all land from Atlantic coast to Miss. River, Great Lakes to Florida
Fishing rights to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland
America must pay debts to Britain
American congress would “earnestly recommend” all Loyalist property returned (States ignore this request)
Paul Revere
John Hancock
Propaganda
Boycotts
Lobsters (Lobster-backs, Thomas Lobster)
1766—Declaratory Act
1767—Townsend Acts (indirect tax)
Charles Townsend
Writs of Assistance (search warrants)
Revenue used to pay Royal officials in the colonies
Tea Act (glass, paper, paint) support British East India Company
1770—Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
Local reaction (primarily)
5 dead colonists
John Adams defends British soldiers/5 exonerated-2 convicted
Convicted men discharged and thumbs branded
1773—Boston Tea Party
November 30, 1773--Dartmouth sails into Boston Harbor
December 16, 1773--Tea dumped into harbor
340 chests of tea dumped (value of 10,000 British pounds)
1774—Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts in Britain)
Close the port of Boston
Shut down Provincial and Town Governments
All offices appointed
Named General Thomas Gage as Governor
Gave all western lands north of the Ohio R. to Quebec, allowed Catholic Church to practice
1774—1st Continental Congress
September to October (7 weeks)
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
New England—John Adams, Paul Revere, Silas Deane
Virginia—Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee
Pennsylvania—John Dickenson, Joseph Galloway (Plan for American council under Parliament, to avoid war)
New York—John Jay, James Duane
Maryland—Samuel Chase (future Supreme Court Justice), Charles Carroll (richest man in Maryland, Catholic)
Declaration of Rights—rejects Parliamentary authority over internal colonial affairs, colonies manage own defense, united aid to Boston if Intolerable Acts continue, absolute boycott of British goods to be enforced rigidly
1775— January
William Pitt urges Parliament to withdraw troops from America because the idea of managing the colonies through force was “too ridiculous to take up a moment of your lordships’ time”
1775—April 19 Lexington and Concord
Gen. Gage sends 700 men to Concord to seize the powder supplies
Paul Revere and William Dawes raise alarm the night before
Town of Lexington is on the way to Concord
Minutemen are assembled on the town common
“Shot heard round the world”
18 colonials killed and the rest run away
British march on to Concord and find the munitions were moved overnight
Minutemen ambush the British the whole way back to Boston
430 Redcoats make it back to Boston
30,000 Colonists surround Boston
1775—May
Gen. Howe, Gen. Clinton, Gen. Burgoyne
5,000 British troops
Ethan Allen, “Green Mountain Boys” seize Fort Ticonderoga
Henry Knox uses canon to lay siege on Boston
Benedict Arnold (Connecticut) takes Fort Crown Point to impede an invasion from Canada
1775—May 10, 2nd Continental Congress
Sam Adams pushes for Independence
John Dickenson (Penn.) urges restraint
Agree to form Colonial Army
Delegates unanimously agree to Washington as Commander of Continental Army (John Adams suggestion)
1775—June 17, “Battle of Bunker Hill”
Actually fought on Breed’s Hill
Gen. Howe leads assault without canon support (his canon had been matched with wrong-sized cannonballs [Amherst at Ticonderoga])
Militia waited to within 30 yards (some say 15 yards)
Militia target British officers
Militia ran extremely low on ammunition
On the third assault, led by Gen. Howe, British troops overtake the colonial position
Britain losses almost 1000 men (about half the attacking force)
Colonials lose about 500 men
1776—January, Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine
120,000 copies sold in three months
1776—March
Gen. William Howe evacuates Boston
July 2, lands in Staten Island, New York (Loyalist base)
1776—Declaration of Independence
June 7, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) introduces legislation to declare independence from Britain
Before voting on Lee’s proposal Congress appoints five-man committee to draft a formal Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson, 33, does most of the writing)
June 28, Declaration presented to Congress
July 2, Congress approves Lee’s legislation to declare the United States of America independent of Great Britain
July 4, Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration intended to:
Undermine loyalty to King George III
Outline basic principles of representative government
Establish the “right” of rebellion
War
1776—August, Brooklyn Heights, New York
Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century
British victory, city falls to England
As winter came “sunshine patriots” left the American Army
Initial colonial enlistments due to expire
1776—December, Battle of Trenton
Howe believes war almost won
1,400 Hessians stationed at Trenton
Colonel Rall (Hessian) builds no fortifications
Washington “Crosses the Delaware” Christmas night
2,500 men; 18 artillery guns
Surprise attack at dawn
106 Hessians killed, 918 captured
No colonial casualties
Washington retreats in secret to avoid Gen. Cornwallis counter-attack
1777—January, Princeton
Washington ambushes British troops
Colonial victory establishes this will not be a quick war for Britain
1777—September-October, Saratoga
Gen. Burgoyne plans a three-prong attack on colonials at Albany
Plan does not consider the terrain, forcing British troops to march through swamps, lakes, hills and forests full of rebels
Two of the three “prongs” never arrive (Howe goes to Philadelphia instead, St. Leger retreats to New York afraid of Benedict Arnold)
Sept. Burgoyne crosses Hudson River
Oct. 17, Burgoyne surrenders
Establishes American Army as real threat
Helps secure open French Alliance
Turning Point of the War
1777-1778—Winter at Valley Forge
Under-funded troops
Low morale
10,000+ troops
4,000 troops listed as “unfit for duty” due to poor supplies (boots, blankets, coats, etc.)
2,500 troops die of disease (typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia)
George Washington mentioned a lack of shoes so severe that the men's "marches might be tracked by the blood from their feet”
Local farmers would sell produce to Brits who could pay cash
1779—February, Vincennes
1780—August, Camden
1780—October, Kings Mountain
1781—October, Yorktown
British Gen. Cornwallis
American Gen. Washington (also “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Baron von Steuben)
French Gen. Rochambeau (also Marquis de Lafayette)
Essentially a French Naval victory
Last significant battle of the war
1783—Sept. 3, Treaty of Paris
Britain recognizes American independence
America gets all land from Atlantic coast to Miss. River, Great Lakes to Florida
Fishing rights to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland
America must pay debts to Britain
American congress would “earnestly recommend” all Loyalist property returned (States ignore this request)
1763-1789
Revolution Notes
1763—Proclamation Act
1764—Grenville Acts (direct tax)
Sugar (molasses, wine)
Stamp
Quartering
Currency
Virtual/ Direct Representation
1765—Stamp Act Congress
Sons of Liberty
Revolution and War
1763-1789
Revolution Notes
1763—Proclamation Act
1764—Grenville Acts (direct tax)
Sugar (molasses, wine)
Stamp
Quartering
Currency
Virtual/ Direct Representation
1765—Stamp Act Congress
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
paul revere
John Hancock
Propaganda
Boycotts
Lobsters (Lobster-backs, Thomas Lobster)
1766—Declaratory Act
1767—Townsend Acts (indirect tax)
Charles Townsend
Writs of Assistance (search warrants)
Revenue used to pay Royal officials in the colonies
Tea Act (glass, paper, paint) support British East India Company
1770—Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
Local reaction (primarily)
5 dead colonists
John Adams defends British soldiers/5 exonerated-2 convicted
Convicted men discharged and thumbs branded
1773—Boston Tea Party
November 30, 1773--Dartmouth sails into Boston Harbor
December 16, 1773--Tea dumped into harbor
340 chests of tea dumped (value of 10,000 British pounds)
1774—Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts in Britain)
Close the port of Boston
Shut down Provincial and Town Governments
All offices appointed
Named General Thomas Gage as Governor
Gave all western lands north of the Ohio R. to Quebec, allowed Catholic Church to practice
1774—1st Continental Congress
September to October (7 weeks)
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
New England—John Adams, Paul Revere, Silas Deane
Virginia—Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee
Pennsylvania—John Dickenson, Joseph Galloway (Plan for American council under Parliament, to avoid war)
New York—John Jay, James Duane
Maryland—Samuel Chase (future Supreme Court Justice), Charles Carroll (richest man in Maryland, Catholic)
Declaration of Rights—rejects Parliamentary authority over internal colonial affairs, colonies manage own defense, united aid to Boston if Intolerable Acts continue, absolute boycott of British goods to be enforced rigidly
1775— January
William Pitt urges Parliament to withdraw troops from America because the idea of managing the colonies through force was “too ridiculous to take up a moment of your lordships’ time”
1775—April 19 Lexington and Concord
Gen. Gage sends 700 men to Concord to seize the powder supplies
Paul Revere and William Dawes raise alarm the night before
Town of Lexington is on the way to Concord
Minutemen are assembled on the town common
“Shot heard round the world”
18 colonials killed and the rest run away
British march on to Concord and find the munitions were moved overnight
Minutemen ambush the British the whole way back to Boston
430 Redcoats make it back to Boston
30,000 Colonists surround Boston
1775—May
Gen. Howe, Gen. Clinton, gen bouyt
5,000 British troops
Ethan Allen, “Green Mountain Boys” seize Fort Ticonderoga
Henry Knox uses canon to lay siege on Boston
Benedict Arnold(Connecticut) takes Fort Crown Point to impede an invasion from Canada
1775—May 10, 2nd Continental Congress
Sam Adams pushes for Independence
John Dickenson (Penn.) urges restraint
Agree to form Colonial Army
Delegates unanimously agree to Washington as Commander of Continental Army (John Adams suggestion)
1775—June 17, “Battle of Bunker Hill”
Actually fought on Breed’s Hill
Gen. Howe leads assault without canon support (his canon had been matched with wrong-sized cannonballs [Amherst at Ticonderoga])
Militia waited to within 30 yards (some say 15 yards)
Militia target British officers
Militia ran extremely low on ammunition
On the third assault, led by Gen. Howe, British troops overtake the colonial position
Britain losses almost 1000 men (about half the attacking force)
Colonials lose about 500 men
1776—January, Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine
120,000 copies sold in three months
1776—March
Gen. William Howe evacuates Boston
July 2, lands in Staten Island, New York (Loyalist base)
1776—Declaration of Independence
June 7, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) introduces legislation to declare independence from Britain
Before voting on Lee’s proposal Congress appoints five-man committee to draft a formal Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson, 33, does most of the writing)
June 28, Declaration presented to Congress
July 2, Congress approves Lee’s legislation to declare the United States of America independent of Great Britain
July 4, Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration intended to: King george III
Undermine loyalty to Outline basic principles of representative government
Establish the “right” of rebellion
War
1776—August, Brooklyn Heights, New York
Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century
British victory, city falls to England
As winter came “sunshine patriots” left the American Army
Initial colonial enlistments due to expire
1776—December, Battle of Trenton
Howe believes war almost won
1,400 Hessians stationed at Trenton
Colonel Rall (Hessian) builds no fortifications
Washington “Crosses the Delaware” Christmas night
2,500 men; 18 artillery guns
Surprise attack at dawn
106 Hessians killed, 918 captured
No colonial casualties
Washington retreats in secret to avoid Gen. Cornwallis counter-attack
1777—January, Princeton
Washington ambushes British troops
Colonial victory establishes this will not be a quick war for Britain
1777—September-October, Saratoga
Gen. Burgoyne plans a three-prong attack on colonials at Albany
Plan does not consider the terrain, forcing British troops to march through swamps, lakes, hills and forests full of rebels
Two of the three “prongs” never arrive (Howe goes to Philadelphia instead, St. Leger retreats to New York afraid of Benedict Arnold)
Sept. Burgoyne crosses Hudson River
Oct. 17, Burgoyne surrenders
Establishes American Army as real threat
Helps secure open French Alliance
Turning Point of the War
1777-1778—Winter at Valley Forge
Under-funded troops
Low morale
10,000+ troops
4,000 troops listed as “unfit for duty” due to poor supplies (boots, blankets, coats, etc.)
2,500 troops die of disease (typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia)
George Washington mentioned a lack of shoes so severe that the men's "marches might be tracked by the blood from their feet”
Local farmers would sell produce to Brits who could pay cash
1779—February, Vincennes
1780—August, Camden
1780—October, Kings Mountain
1781—October, Yorktown
British Gen. Cornwallis
American Gen. Washington (also “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Baron von Steuben)
French Gen. Rochambeau (also Marquis de Lafayette)
Essentially a French Naval victory
Last significant battle of the war
1783—Sept. 3, Treaty of Paris
Britain recognizes American independence
America gets all land from Atlantic coast to Miss. River, Great Lakes to Florida
Fishing rights to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland
America must pay debts to Britain
American congress would “earnestly recommend” all Loyalist property returned (States ignore this request)
Paul Revere
John Hancock
Propaganda
Boycotts
Lobsters (Lobster-backs, Thomas Lobster)
1766—Declaratory Act
1767—Townsend Acts (indirect tax)
Charles Townsend
Writs of Assistance (search warrants)
Revenue used to pay Royal officials in the colonies
Tea Act (glass, paper, paint) support British East India Company
1770—Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
Local reaction (primarily)
5 dead colonists
John Adams defends British soldiers/5 exonerated-2 convicted
Convicted men discharged and thumbs branded
1773—Boston Tea Party
November 30, 1773--Dartmouth sails into Boston Harbor
December 16, 1773--Tea dumped into harbor
340 chests of tea dumped (value of 10,000 British pounds)
1774—Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts in Britain)
Close the port of Boston
Shut down Provincial and Town Governments
All offices appointed
Named General Thomas Gage as Governor
Gave all western lands north of the Ohio R. to Quebec, allowed Catholic Church to practice
1774—1st Continental Congress
September to October (7 weeks)
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
New England—John Adams, Paul Revere, Silas Deane
Virginia—Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee
Pennsylvania—John Dickenson, Joseph Galloway (Plan for American council under Parliament, to avoid war)
New York—John Jay, James Duane
Maryland—Samuel Chase (future Supreme Court Justice), Charles Carroll (richest man in Maryland, Catholic)
Declaration of Rights—rejects Parliamentary authority over internal colonial affairs, colonies manage own defense, united aid to Boston if Intolerable Acts continue, absolute boycott of British goods to be enforced rigidly
1775— January
William Pitt urges Parliament to withdraw troops from America because the idea of managing the colonies through force was “too ridiculous to take up a moment of your lordships’ time”
1775—April 19 Lexington and Concord
Gen. Gage sends 700 men to Concord to seize the powder supplies
Paul Revere and William Dawes raise alarm the night before
Town of Lexington is on the way to Concord
Minutemen are assembled on the town common
“Shot heard round the world”
18 colonials killed and the rest run away
British march on to Concord and find the munitions were moved overnight
Minutemen ambush the British the whole way back to Boston
430 Redcoats make it back to Boston
30,000 Colonists surround Boston
1775—May
Gen. Howe, Gen. Clinton, Gen. Burgoyne
5,000 British troops
Ethan Allen, “Green Mountain Boys” seize Fort Ticonderoga
Henry Knox uses canon to lay siege on Boston
Benedict Arnold (Connecticut) takes Fort Crown Point to impede an invasion from Canada
1775—May 10, 2nd Continental Congress
Sam Adams pushes for Independence
John Dickenson (Penn.) urges restraint
Agree to form Colonial Army
Delegates unanimously agree to Washington as Commander of Continental Army (John Adams suggestion)
1775—June 17, “Battle of Bunker Hill”
Actually fought on Breed’s Hill
Gen. Howe leads assault without canon support (his canon had been matched with wrong-sized cannonballs [Amherst at Ticonderoga])
Militia waited to within 30 yards (some say 15 yards)
Militia target British officers
Militia ran extremely low on ammunition
On the third assault, led by Gen. Howe, British troops overtake the colonial position
Britain losses almost 1000 men (about half the attacking force)
Colonials lose about 500 men
1776—January, Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine
120,000 copies sold in three months
1776—March
Gen. William Howe evacuates Boston
July 2, lands in Staten Island, New York (Loyalist base)
1776—Declaration of Independence
June 7, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) introduces legislation to declare independence from Britain
Before voting on Lee’s proposal Congress appoints five-man committee to draft a formal Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson, 33, does most of the writing)
June 28, Declaration presented to Congress
July 2, Congress approves Lee’s legislation to declare the United States of America independent of Great Britain
July 4, Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration intended to:
Undermine loyalty to King George III
Outline basic principles of representative government
Establish the “right” of rebellion
War
1776—August, Brooklyn Heights, New York
Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century
British victory, city falls to England
As winter came “sunshine patriots” left the American Army
Initial colonial enlistments due to expire
1776—December, Battle of Trenton
Howe believes war almost won
1,400 Hessians stationed at Trenton
Colonel Rall (Hessian) builds no fortifications
Washington “Crosses the Delaware” Christmas night
2,500 men; 18 artillery guns
Surprise attack at dawn
106 Hessians killed, 918 captured
No colonial casualties
Washington retreats in secret to avoid Gen. Cornwallis counter-attack
1777—January, Princeton
Washington ambushes British troops
Colonial victory establishes this will not be a quick war for Britain
1777—September-October, Saratoga
Gen. Burgoyne plans a three-prong attack on colonials at Albany
Plan does not consider the terrain, forcing British troops to march through swamps, lakes, hills and forests full of rebels
Two of the three “prongs” never arrive (Howe goes to Philadelphia instead, St. Leger retreats to New York afraid of Benedict Arnold)
Sept. Burgoyne crosses Hudson River
Oct. 17, Burgoyne surrenders
Establishes American Army as real threat
Helps secure open French Alliance
Turning Point of the War
1777-1778—Winter at Valley Forge
Under-funded troops
Low morale
10,000+ troops
4,000 troops listed as “unfit for duty” due to poor supplies (boots, blankets, coats, etc.)
2,500 troops die of disease (typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia)
George Washington mentioned a lack of shoes so severe that the men's "marches might be tracked by the blood from their feet”
Local farmers would sell produce to Brits who could pay cash
1779—February, Vincennes
1780—August, Camden
1780—October, Kings Mountain
1781—October, Yorktown
British Gen. Cornwallis
American Gen. Washington (also “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Baron von Steuben)
French Gen. Rochambeau (also Marquis de Lafayette)
Essentially a French Naval victory
Last significant battle of the war
1783—Sept. 3, Treaty of Paris
Britain recognizes American independence
America gets all land from Atlantic coast to Miss. River, Great Lakes to Florida
Fishing rights to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland
America must pay debts to Britain
American congress would “earnestly recommend” all Loyalist property returned (States ignore this request)
Friday, March 7, 2008
I. Introduction
A. The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
C. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
D. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
E. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
II. First Major Point
A. Miles standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence
B. Standish stabbed widwoomack in the heart because he thought he was trying to hurt the pilgrims.
C. standidish beheaded widoomack and stuck his head on the gate so everyone could see it.
D. when standish jumps into corbinit house and wants to kill him for the same reason that widoomck was killed.
E. The signifinate of this that standish was violent because he was trying to back up the pligrams so they wouldn't get killed.
III. second major point
A. benjamin church provided vital leardership to protect the colonies during king philips war.
B. Church comes up with a plan to kill king philip.
C. He motovite people to come to attack with him.
D. church will go 6 on 60
E. Church uses idealism because he gets his men ready to fight and comes up with the plan to kill king philip.
IV.
A. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
B. The pligrams came to start a new life
C. They went there for religious freedom
D. They want everybody to read and write and they wanted public schools.
E. This paragraph shows idealism because they want all of this stuff.
V. Conclusion
A. The english colonlies had a lot of idealism and violence
B. milies stantish used a lots of violence
C. Ben church used idealism all the time
D.
E. Summary of paper (why is it important)
A. The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
C. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
D. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
E. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
II. First Major Point
A. Miles standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence
B. Standish stabbed widwoomack in the heart because he thought he was trying to hurt the pilgrims.
C. standidish beheaded widoomack and stuck his head on the gate so everyone could see it.
D. when standish jumps into corbinit house and wants to kill him for the same reason that widoomck was killed.
E. The signifinate of this that standish was violent because he was trying to back up the pligrams so they wouldn't get killed.
III. second major point
A. benjamin church provided vital leardership to protect the colonies during king philips war.
B. Church comes up with a plan to kill king philip.
C. He motovite people to come to attack with him.
D. church will go 6 on 60
E. Church uses idealism because he gets his men ready to fight and comes up with the plan to kill king philip.
IV.
A. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
B. The pligrams came to start a new life
C. They went there for religious freedom
D. They want everybody to read and write and they wanted public schools.
E. This paragraph shows idealism because they want all of this stuff.
V. Conclusion
A. The english colonlies had a lot of idealism and violence
B. milies stantish used a lots of violence
C. Ben church used idealism all the time
D.
E. Summary of paper (why is it important)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
I. Intro
A. wounded knee illustates one of the final events in a long series of violent conflicts motivated by racism , disrespect and lack of understanding.
B. http://au.youtube.com/results?search_query=wounded+knee&search_type
c. Intro sourcesy ( what are they/ why relevant
d.
e. Sighificane
II. Body
A. Restate thesis
B.If not good to be races because it can lead to people dieing
C.People showed disrepect by leaving poop containers
D.details
E.Sighificance
III. Conclusion
A. restate thesis
B.
C.
D.
E.significane
A. wounded knee illustates one of the final events in a long series of violent conflicts motivated by racism , disrespect and lack of understanding.
B. http://au.youtube.com/results?search_query=wounded+knee&search_type
c. Intro sourcesy ( what are they/ why relevant
d.
e. Sighificane
II. Body
A. Restate thesis
B.If not good to be races because it can lead to people dieing
C.People showed disrepect by leaving poop containers
D.details
E.Sighificance
III. Conclusion
A. restate thesis
B.
C.
D.
E.significane
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