American+Revolution

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George Washington

Willaim Howe A British general who served in the American Revolution. He led the British to many battle victories against the colonies. he was the commander-in-chief of the British forces in the war. In the Battle of Long Island, he defeated Washington and his troops, but was not a very smart general, so he did not let his men finish the colinies once and for all, but made them retreat, which was considered the greatest missed oppurtunity of the war. He could have won the American revolution right there, but he did not.

I agreed with the British that it was fair to get money fromj the colonists in return for all the protection from the british they got. And, they only had to pay 1/26 of what the british had to pay themselves. it seems pretty unfair and greedy of the colonists to notwant to pay anything at all, since the British are helping them. I don't think that the british parliament should have caved in so quickly though when it came to the stamp taxes. They are the ones who have power over the colonies so they should be telling the colonists what to do, not the other way around.

Response to Reading- The article made the british seem less evil and power thirsty, and actually put the badness onto America. In the story, it says that the British were only trying to help the colonies out while barely making enough money for themselves, but America refused. It seems that the British were being fair, they only taxed the colonies to pay for them. The colonists seem really selfish, when they pressured parliament into giving up the Stamp tax. Parliament didn't actually seem to have done anything wrong. The article said that the British Parliament relied only on the loyalty and affection of their citizens, and never used unnecessary force on them. There seems to be no "good" or "bad" side to the war.

Do Now Summarize what is meant by perspective Perspective is like the point of view you view things as. Everyone has different perspectives on things an ideas on what is right or wrong, good or bad.

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As of tomorrow the government will be increasing taxes on all items containing sugar in public school cafeterias in Massachusetts. This will include all candy, ice cream, and soda. The tax is expected to cause the cost of all candy, ice cream and soda to rise by 10 cents. The tax raised will be used to subsidize a healthy eating initiative by the government. **Questions ** 1. How will this impact your life? 2. How would you react to this? 3. Which group of people would this tax hurt the most? 4. How could you avoid paying the tax? 5. What actions could you take to change the situation?

This makes buying things more expensive, espicially th e food from vending machines and such. I think that the people who eat junk everyday will be hurt the most, because they are the ones buying them. It wouldn't really affect me that much, because I don't buy that stuff. Also, Malden High doesn't sell soda or candy. You could avoid the tax if you stopped buying all the sugar filled food. I don't really care about taxing the candy, ice cream and soda because I think it is for a good cause. But don't a lot of the other foods served for lunch contain sugar too? Its not just the junk food. Isn't there sugar in milk and juice and fruits and all that other stuff?

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Sugar tax

I feel that Britain had a right to enforce the sugar tax. They are saying that they just want to help pay for the protection and stuff for America buy taxing one hundred pounds of sugar. It seems that one shilling or one pound is a fair enough deal for one hundred poumds of sugar. I don't think that one person will go through 100 pounds of sugar in their life time. Britain says that it is necessary to enforce the tax to defend and protect the colonies, without the money, it is America who will suffer. Britain is just looking out for them.

10/7/10 I think that it is important to know other peoples perspectives on things, because everyone has a different point of view. Maybe you don't realize something, and other people do and they can help you understand things better. Without different perspectives, you can't get the whole big picture. You only have a small part. If we only hear one side of a story, we will automatically believe it because there is nothing to challenge its truthness. But we need all the sides of whatever story it is, like in a war or something. Perspective is important to fully understand what actually happened and why.

10/18/10 Do Now A stamp is something that marks something. It could be like stamp on an envelope to get through the mail, or it could be like an ink mark or stamp to label something as.

Stamp Act Opening Activity I think the difference between a direct and indirect tax is that direct taxes deduct your money autpomatically, and indirect taxes affect you indirectly.

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10/18/10 The debate did not change my mind on whether or not the British were justified in taxing the colonists. Even though the Americans won, I still think that Britain had the right and the colonies shoudn't have protested.

media type="custom" key="7294819" I thinkk that the Stamp Act is a direct tax because the money collected from the tax goes directly to the government. YOu have to pay the money and the tax in order to recieve your stamp or whatever it is that you want.

it seems that the colonists did not approve of the stamp act anbd felt that they should not be taxed for anything by anyone other thatn their own government and not the British government. I think that they are very angry with this.



Podcast-I think that my predictions were right. In the podcast, it tells that the colonists hated the Stamp Act and many people, slaves, women, and workers all gathered together to state their agaion agaisnst the British. They especially hated the British official charged with enforcing the Stamp Act.



Summary-Basiclly, the colonists were angry because of the new Stamp Act that had been enforced, and protested against it in ways like hanging effigies and having riots. Unfortunately, the riots got a little out of hand when a mob destroyed Hutchinson's (a politician) home.

The first picture mostly shows the British as being the bad guys and the colonistsas just innocent bystanders. The second picture shows the colonists acting rowdy and violent, so maybe Britain had a right to shoot at them. This is probably because the first picture was made by a colonist, and the second picture was made by a British person, and they have two different views on the Boston Massacre.

I think they found the soldiers guilty because they were British and they were in Boston.

Homework- I agree with the jury and that the British should be innocent. From all the evidence, it seems that it was the colonists fault for the shootings and murders. They were the ones taunting the soldiers and everything. It was not the soldiers fault, they were trying to disperse the crowd nonviolently but were forced into shooting.

Representative Democracy- A democracy in which citizens delegate authority to elect representatives Direct Democracy- A form of democracy in which the people as a whole make direct decisions, rather thatn have those decisions made for them by elected representative SIngle-Party State- A type of government in which a single political party forms the government and no other parties are permitted to run candidates for elections Theocracy- A form of government in which God is the supreme ruler

Do Now 11/5/10 Can violence ever be justified? Why or why not? Yes, violence can be justified if there is a good reason for it. For instance, if someone was trying to kill you, and you stabbed them or killed them in self defense, that would be okay because your life is at stake, so that violence would be justified. Violence would not be justified if you just started fighting for no reason and somethikng stupid was the cause.

Homework 11/15/10

Key Terms from Revolution

Sugar Act- A tax on sugar, enforced by the British on the colonists to help pay for the expenses of the French and Indian war because Britain was in debt.

Stamp Act- Another tax enforced by Britain on colonists, on all papered goods, to pay for the colonists protection in the Appalachian mountains.

Townshend Acts-Taxes enforced by Charles Townshend on many items including tea. The colonists boycotted these goods.

Boston Massacre-A fight between the British soldiers and colonists. The colonists were taunting the soldiers with guns, and in the end, British killed many colonists.

Boston Tea Party-THe colonists dumped all the tea on the ships into the harbor because they refused to let the teas be unloaded. This was part of their boycotting British taxation without representation.

Sons of Liberty- A group of colonists who boycotted the taxed British goods. They led boycotts and started mobs and riots.

Boycott-To not buy certain goods or something. The colonists boycotted all British items that were taxed because they did not want to pay for a tax they had no say in.

Direct Tax-a tax paid directly to the person or organization or whoever

Indirect tax- A tax paid to goods or services rather than individuals



11/16/10 They didn't want to be part of Britain anymore

Arms and ammunition- Weapons like guns or such and bulllets to put in them Minutemen- Soldiers in the colonists' army ready for battle "in a minute" Militia- ordinary citizens who are trained to be in the army, but not really part of it British Regular-foot soldiers of the British army "Red Coats" Alarm Riders-people who rode throughout the colonies to warn minutemen of "attacks" Paul Revere- An alarm rider who rode through Massachusetts to warn people Joseph Warren- a doctor and patriot soldier remembered for his death, and the only leader NOT wanted

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Points of View

1. The British Point of View-The British thought the militia had shot at them first and fred back in self defense 2. The colonists' point of view.-They thought that the British had attacked them first, because noone can really say who shot the shot heard round the world. 3. Major Pitcairn's Point of View-He ordered the colonists to shoot the militia after the first shot was fired. 4. General Gage's point of view-He ordered the soldiers not to harm or shoot anyone

Do Now 11/17/10 Who do you think was at fault on April 19, 1775? I think it was the colonists' fault. The colonists shouldn't have been urging the British solders to fight and shooting them. The colonists shot at the British army because they thought it was their only choice or else they would die. They were ordered to shoot by their leaders in the colonies.

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 * The British stop and injure a colonist who stole some

The colonists gathered to talk about what to do if the British started attacking them.

A group of colonists gathered on Lexington Green ready for battle || The colonists are preparing for war against the British ||

Homework

After watching the opening scenes of the American Revolution, had you been asked to take up arms against your own government soldiers under what circumstances would you agree to do so? Is it possible you might never do so? Explain why.

If I were asked to take up arms against my government, I would absolutely not do it. Why would i try and kill the people who are protecting me? Also, they would kill in a second and I would not stand a chance against them. Even if people said that if we didn't attack/kill them first, then they would kill us, I still would not do it. If it is a lose-lose situation in which we would die both ways, I still would not fight them. First of all, why would our own army try and kill us? Maybe the person telling you thesethings is lying to you and just wants to watch you get your head shot off. Also, our government soldiers probably wouldn't try to kill us unless we attacked them first. So I wouldn't and maybe I'd be spared. Also if we were going to die no matter what, I wouldn't waste my time fighting a useless battle against them. Maybe some people would be like oh die with a fight or something, but that's kind of stupid. i would spend my last moments on earth doing better things that i enjoy doing, not wating to get blown up.

In the movie, there were few colonists compared to the British soldiers. In some of the documents however, British soldiers say that there were 200 to 300 militia waiting for them at Lexington Green. In the movie, it was only 20-30.

Summary of pdf In the documents, they were written by both the colonists and the British soldiers, so there are two perspectives. Both sides each thought that the other side had fired first, and they were only shooting back in self defense. Some colonists lost family in the Boston massacre.

11/19/10 Do Now List at least 2 reasons why you think the Lexington Training Band(militia) stood on the Green onApril 19, 1775. Maybe the colonists did not really believe that they would shoot them. Also they were just planning on talking to the British soldiers, so they might not have expected anything to go wrong. They wanted to show the British that they were serious about the taxes,

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12/20/10 Battle of Trenton "We were in poor condition. For days now, I had been going with little to no food, strugglinf to stay warm in the harsh cold of December. Many of my fellow soldiers got frostbite or starved. Today, General washington came to us and told us that we would be crossing the Delaware River on Christmas Day, but he didn't tell us why we woulod be crossing. Today is Chrstmas and it does not seem that way at all. The troops are smushed into boats and we have begun crossing the river. The temperature is frezzing and we are all tired and want to sleep. But we must stay awake and row to the other side. We have successfully crossed the Delaware River and now know of Washington's plan. He wants for us to attack the hessian soldiers today. Why would he ask us to do such an impossible task. Everyone knows that the hessians are the most vicious, bloddthirstiest fightning machines ever. We will not stand a chance against them with our sad troops and hardly any guns /ammo at all. I would not have done this at all, if I didn't trust Washington with my life, which I did ans well as all the other men in the army. We came across a man and Washington asked about the Hessian soldiers. We discovered that there was a Hessian guardhouse just down the road, but Washington's men soon took care of it. We proceeded to the Hessian village and began our attack. The Hessians were surprised to see us, but after a while, they got everything in order and started attacking back. I thought that we actually were holding pretty good by ourselves. Our canons managed to destroy many Hessians and then a colonists whose name I don't know shot the Colonel Rall in the chest and killed him. The Hessians surrendeed to us! It was unbelievable that we managed to win this battle being the underdogs. I now know never t doubt my trust in Washington because he has led us to victory and after helping ourselves to the hessian supplies, we are in good shape to continue fighting for our independence."



Do Now 1/10/11 Summarize 3/5 Compromise Compromise between Northern and Southern states by compromising how much the slaves would count for in the population. Some people just wanted free slaves to count as people, others wanted all slaves to count as people, therefore their state would have more population when it came to the representatives. 3/5 of the actual number of slaves were counted for in the end. CCQs-Slaves were only worth 3/5 of a person -Made slavery part of Constitution -Slaves become property

Do Now 1/11/11 Amendment-a correction or alteration, as in a manuscript The first Amendment in the Constitution says that people have freedom of speech, religion, press and assembly. Hazelwood School District -Schools have the right to enforce a safe and productive learning enviroment. If they felt that the article was disruptive, then they should have the right to remove it from the school paper. -Believed that the parents should hace a say in the article

Kuhlmeier -They had freedom of press so they should be able to print whatever they want -the newspaper was student-run, they should be able to print what they want

I voted with the school district because i thikn they should have the right to remove the article because students are not allowed to write whatever they want. They are allowed to a productive enviroment so they had the right to delete the article.


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