Class Expectations
E.Q: Was the war for independence inevitable?
E.U: Conflict occurs as a result of foreign and domestic challenges.
Be Respectful
1. Follow teacher directions.
2. Listen and learn from others.
3. Use appropriate language.
Be Responsible
1. Have supplies and materials out.
(SEAT NUMBER = COMPUTER NUMBER)
2. Arrive on time.
3. Remain on task.
(POINTS DEDUCTED = OFF TASK BEHAVIOR)
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Be Safe
Stay seated unless given permission to stand.
2. Clean up your space.
3. Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
(ACTIONS = CONSEQUENCES)
U.S. History I (Mr. McCarrison) – (02 – 11 – 2015)
Bellringer: (5 MINUTES) – (2 PTS / TOTAL) -> Read the following question and answer this question in complete sentences.
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The chart below explains the English and the colonist’s challenges towards preparations; describe the major difference
between their armies and leaders; using the picture below, how could local geography challenge a foreign power?
Local Revolutionary Conflict Picture and Map Reflection Assignment (5 MINS & 6 PTS TOTAL)
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Read the two questions below and answer these two questions in complete sentences on your activity paper.
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The left photograph is an early political cartoon from the revolutionary wartime period. How does this cartoonist
visually illustrate or represent the perspectives of the colonists and Native Americans by the English government?
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Using the map, what was the only major war local battle that occurred in North Carolina, when did this event occur?
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National Revolutionary Conflict Picture Reflection Assignment (5 MINS & 3 PTS TOTAL)
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Read the one question below and answer this one question in complete sentences on your activity paper.
How does the pattern of battles and troop movements reflect Britain’s war strategy in the northern colonies during war?
Film Clip Reflection (5 MINUTES): Using Valley Forge (example), was the War for Independence inevitable in the New World?
Title: Valley Forge - Story of US
SECTION NOTES (CREATE AN OUTLINE IN YOUR NOTES USING BOLD ITEMS)
(YOU WILL LOSE FIVE POINTS FOR DISRUPTIONS!) – (5 MINUTES)
American Revolutionary War -> “The Beginning”
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First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (1774); NC = Three Congressional Representatives
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To prepare, colonists became local minutemen (be ready at a minute’s notice.); Lexington – Concord (1775).
“Loyalists vs. Patriots”
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Loyalists (Tories) were people loyal to Britain. (20% – 30% of U.S. population)
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Patriots (Whigs) were people who supported America.
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By May of 1775, the Second Continental Congress creates an official army with Patriots to fight the British army.
Battle of Bunker Hill (“Breed’s Hill”)
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British General Thomas Gage decided on an attack on Breed’s Hill (near Boston).
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Deadliest battle of war as over 1,000 redcoats and 450 colonists died; colonists proved that they could fight the British army.
“A Power Struggle for Conquest”
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“The Attack on Quebec”: July 1775 = Benedict Arnold captured Montreal and failed to take Quebec.
“Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion” (1775): King George III declares colonies are “open and avowed enemies.”
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Battle of Trenton and Princeton (Christmas 1776): First major victory for the Continental Army and Washington.
SECTION NOTES (CREATE AN OUTLINE IN YOUR NOTES USING BOLD ITEMS)
(YOU WILL LOSE FIVE POINTS FOR DISRUPTIONS!) – (5 MINUTES)
“Valley Forge” (Northern Colonial Camp; 20 Miles West of the British Army)
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Washington and his troops endured a winter of terrible suffering, lacking decent food, clothing, and shelter.
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Washington’s greatest challenge was keeping the military together; men deserted (left without permission); officers resigned.
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Baron von Steuben helped the troops while volunteers including Washington’s wife, Martha made clothes and cared for sick.
Problems with the Continental Army included depression, lack of supplies, paid with worthless money, and a lack of food.
Turning Point: The Battle of Saratoga (1777) -> A Patriot Win!
“The War Turns to the South”
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By 1780, the British had captured several southern cities led by Lord George Cornwallis.
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To stop Cornwallis in our state, local Patriot groups organized and attacked loyalists and pushed them back into Virginia.
“The End of War” – (October of 1791)
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Cornwallis moved north with his men and becomes trapped at Yorktown, a port on a peninsula of the Chesapeake Bay.
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Blocked by land from troops and sea from ships (Chesapeake Bay), Cornwallis surrenders at the Battle of Yorktown.
“Treaty of Paris of 1783”: Britain recognizes the colonists independence and set borders for a new country.
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The United States and its “new government” extends west to the Mississippi River.
SECTION NOTES (CREATE AN OUTLINE IN YOUR NOTES USING BOLD ITEMS)
(YOU WILL LOSE FIVE POINTS FOR DISRUPTIONS!) – (5 MINUTES)
American Revolutionary War -> “A Declaration of Independence” (July 4th, 1776) – Signed & Approved!
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Before the war ended, Thomas Jefferson wrote a formal declaration which called for independence; rights of new states.
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Formal Committee Leaders: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson (primary writer).
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Natural Rights: Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness. (“Olive Branch Petition” -> King Refused It!)
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Main Idea: This document was radical for time with equality and inherent people rights.
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55 representatives, including three from N.C. supported this radical document; where did these ideas come from?
1) Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Pamphlet (1776)
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Selling more than 500,000 copies, this pamphlet declared that it was time for the colonists to stop pretending to be loyal and
just fight England; it “argued for a republic where leaders should have the power at consent of people.”
2) Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract Theory
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This famous article pushed for government to protect the life and safety of all American colonists (stability).
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These ideas were found in a famous book known as “Two Treatises of Government.”
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Main Idea: If governments break its end of the contract, the people have the right to revolt.
Daily Quiz Questions – (USE YOUR NOTES!) – (5 MINUTES & 2 PTS EACH)
Answer the following five questions in complete sentences on your activity paper.
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How did the Battle of Bunker Hill, one of the deadliest battles, challenge the personal strength of the British army?
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Describe one major difference between a Loyalist and a Patriot of the American colonies.
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How was the Battle of Saratoga considered the turning point for the war?
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In your own words, describe the personal connection between Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract Theory and Thomas Paine’s
Common Sense Pamphlet in reference to the creation and establishment of the Declaration of Independence.
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Choose one problem about the U.S. Continental Army; why do you feel that this one problem contributed to hardships?
American Revolutionary Creation Assignment – (10 MINUTES & 10 PTS EACH)
1. You are going to create your own five – slide PowerPoint presentation highlighting three aspects of American social culture.
2. Go to the following website for your research: http://tinyurl.com/ybr4fyh
3. You must include the following in your presentation:
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Include at least ONE photograph, drawing, or symbol highlighting each aspect during this time period.
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Include one main title, one conclusion slide, and three subtitles with your name and the date on the introduction slide.
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Lastly, when researching and inputting your information, you must provide political, physical, and thematic examples
when describing your three different areas i.e. short verbal descriptions with visual pictures of this time period.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------American Revolutionary Quia Online Interactive Assignment (10 MINUTES & 10 PTS TOTAL)
1. After finishing your article and timeline, you will complete some interactive activities based on pre-revolutionary America.
2. You will access these activities on QUIA.COM using your unique username and password displayed on the front board.
3. The following activities you will access will be on your account about the pre-revolutionary American colonial period.
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Homework Assignment (5 MINS & 3 PTS TOTAL)
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Read the one question below and answer this one question in three complete sentences.
Describe two strengths and weaknesses of either side (blue or red) during the war; how could these strengths and
weaknesses impact the stability of the army and its impact on domestic and foreign challenges of the Revolutionary War?