11/23/09

We took our quiz on the Declaration.

List the British and Patriot advantages in th eRevolution.

11/18/09

1. Define:   mercenary

2. What did Lord Dunmore's Proclamation do?

3. Who was:   Molly Pitcher, William Howe

11/16/09

1. Define: loyalist, patriot

2. Who was Abigail Adams?

3. Take out your Declarations and make sure you have unscrambled the words correctly.

11/12/09

1. What happened in the Second Continental Congress?

2. What was the Olive Branch Petition?

3. Define: seige

4. What was the outcome of the Battle of Bunker Hill?

We also started talking about the Revolutionary War and the Declaration of Independence.

Declaration to be memorized by 11/20.

11/10/09

1. What actions did the First Continental Congress take?

2. Who was Thomas Gage and what did he do?

3. Define: minuteman, redcoats

We took our Pre-Revolution test and started our first Revolution assignment.

11/6/09

1. Put the following events in chronological order: Tea Act, Stamp Act. French and Indian War, Boston Massacre, Townshead Acts, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts. (p. 156,157)

2. What were the committees of Corespondence?   (p.169)

11/4/09

1. What was a writ of assistance?

2. Define: boycott, repeal

3. Who was: Samuel Adams, George Grenville, and Patrick Henry

We presented our pre-revolution findings.

We also started the book: Can't You Make Them Behave?

11/2/09

We talked about what led to Revolution

Townshend Acts, Intolerable Acts, Tea Act, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Sons/Daughters of Liberty, Quartering Act, Boston Massacre

We also took an open note quiz on The French and Indian War.

10/28/09

We made test corrections and turned in Current Events and our last 3 self starts.

1. How did English colonists and American Indians view each other?

2. Why did some colonists move to the Frontier?

10/26/09

We took our test.

pp. 160-162

1. Name one disadvantage and one advantage for the French.

2. Name one disadvantage and one advantage for the English.

3. Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union?

4. Who won the French and Indian War?

5. What territory was gained in the Treaty of Paris?

6. Waht year did the war end?

10/22/09

1. List 3 "big ideas" that we kept from the colonies.

2. Explain: Navigation Acts, duties, Molasses Act, triangular trade

We reviewed for our test which we have on MONDAY!!!

10/20/09

Self Starts

1. What did it mean to be a Quaker? (p. 113)

2. What did William Penn believe? (p. 113)

3. Who was James Oglethorpe? (p. 114)

4. Define: bicameral legislature, libel, free enterprise

10/12/09

Self Start

1. Define: pueble, presidio, mission, borderlands

2. Why are these people important? Rene-Robert de la Salle, Peter Minuit, Walter Raleigh

3. Define: headright, indentured servant, planters

4. What was the Powhatan Confederacy?

2 worksheets given out in class, due next time.