Week of Oct. 31- Nov. 4, 2016

This week marks the end of the 2nd Six weeks time is going by way to fast....

We will be continuing with the causes of the American Revolution.

Tea Act leads to Tea Party which leads to Intolerable Acts causing tensions to escalate between colonists and British.

Intolerable Acts have a backlash effect uniting the colonies for the first time and prepare plans to meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which is known as the First Continental Congress

Three weeks prior to the Second Continental Congress, Samuel Adams dreams come true....

Lexington and Concord 

Colonists Split support for Independence grows....

Patrick Henry 

Abigail Adams

James Otis 

Thomas Paine 

Mercy Otis Warren

2nd Six weeks exam scheduled for Wednesday November 2, 2016

Week of October 17-20, 2016

This week is the 3rd week of the 2nd six weeks, we will continue with Road to Revolution and also take mini-assessment this week...

***Monday*** On Friday students were assigned pages 3&4 of Thomas Paine's treasonous pamphlet "Common Sense"which we will begin to discuss on Monday October 17th.

Did the British colonists have a right to be upset over taxes?

How did British colonists handle Parliament's acts and their refusal to acknowledge their sentiments?

Taxes, Taxes and more Taxes....
-Sugar Act 1764
-Stamp Act 1765
-Quartering Act of 1765
-Townshend Act of 1767
-Tea Act 1774

Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Who was Samuel Adams?
What was the purpose of the Committee of Correspondence?

 

Week of October 11-14, 2016

This week we continue with Part I of the American Revolution "Road to Revolution"

-Recap-French and Indian War
-Ohio River Valley
-George Washington
-Benjamin Franklin "Albany Plan of Union"
-Victory for England
-Who was King George III?
-What was the aftermath of the so-called "first world war"
-Were colonists in the right in reacting to Parliaments handling of war debt and the obtaining of new territory?

Week of October 3-7, 2016

This week marks the beginning of the 2nd six weeks!! Begin with the end in mind!!
I am very proud of all your hard work and efforts in the 1st six weeks lets continue with the same mindset!
This week in class we will review six weeks exam and continue class discussion on the Enlightenment period and its impact on the world and the First Great Awakening in the American Colonies.

Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Montesqui, Rousseau and Voltaire

We will also begin a unit 3 American Revolution Part I Road to Independence

-Ohio River Valley

-George Washington

-Problems with French colonists 

-war breaks out/French and Indian War

-Albany Plan of Union

   *Benjamin Franklin

American colonist, unable to devise a plan to win their dispute with French colonists, awaken mother country only to lead them to unforeseen relations that American colonists were not used to.