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Week of November 3-7, 2014

End of the 2nd Six Weeks 

Continue with:

The American Revolution 

Declaration of Independence 

July 4, 1776

 3 parts: reasons, grievances, now we         are free...

 

The Revolutionary War

Significant events of the war for independence:

Lexington and Concord 1775

Battle of Saratoga 1777

Valley Forge1777-78

Battle of Yorktown 1781

Treaty of Paris 1783

History 2nd Six Weeks Exam 

Thursday November 6, 2014 

Week of November 3-7, 2014

End of the 2nd Six Weeks 

Continue with:

The American Revolution 

Declaration of Independence 

July 4, 1776

 3 parts: reasons, grievances, now we         are free...

Week of October 27-31, 2014

American Revolution: Declaring Independence 

Continue with Second Continental Congress 

-three important decisions are made:

1-declare independence-create           emergency government 

2-Thomas Jefferson is appointed to write the "treasonous" document 

3-George Washington is appointed to command the "new" continental army

Declaration of Independence 

3 parts: 

            1) introduction-reasons why they have s right to separate from Great Britain (mother country)

             2) grievances (complaints) against the crown and parliament 

             3) reborn as the 13 United States of America 

             

Week of October 20-24, 2014

8th Grade US History 

First Continental Congress 

-55 representatives of the 13 colonies will meet in Philadelphia PA to discuss the problems with mother country

Lexington and Concord

-colonial militia and redcoats clash at Lexington and then off too Concord

Support for Independence Grows

-Patrick Henry 

-Thomas Paine❤️

Second Continental Congress 

-three important decisions are made:

1-declare independence-create           emergency government 

2-Thomas Jefferson is appointed to write the "treasonous" document 

3-George Washington is appointed to command the "new" continental army

Week of October 13-17, 2014

8th Grade US History

The American Revolution

Road to Revolution 

-Sons of Liberty form to protest British Parliament's taxes

-Committee of Correspondence

 *Samuel Adams*

- Quartering Act of 1765 tension continue to grow between colonists and Britain

-March 5, 1770 Boston Massacre

 *Was it really a massacre?

-Tea Act of 1773 leads to a very different colonial reaction 

-Boston Tea Party

 *why did colonists dress as Native Americans when they dumped the tea?

-Intolerable Acts 1774 Boston is severely punished 

-First Continental Congress
**Who?
**What?
**When?
**Where?
**Why?

Week of 6-10, 2014

8th Grade US History 

The American Revolution

Road to Revolution

French and Indian War 1754-1763

France vs. England

-Ohio River Valley

-Albany Plan Of Union

  *Benjamin Franklin*

      "Join or Die"

Problems arise with mother country:

War Debt=Taxes

Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act 1764
Stamp Act 1765
Townshend Act 1767
Tea Act 1773

"Taxation without Representation is Tyranny"- James Otis