Reminders: Unit: Causes of the American Revolution Happy Monday! MYP Unit Question: What values are worth fighting for? Focus Question: What were the major events in the war? Monday, December 10th, 2018 Happy Monday! Reminders: Adopt-a-Family! Focus Activity: Choose 2 different colored crayons Homework: Adopt-a-Family!
MAJOR EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
British General Thomas Gage
The Midnight Riders’ Route
Battle at Lexington
Battle at Concord
BUNKER HILL
American Colonel William Prescott “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”
INVASION OF CANADA
Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Battle at Quebec
NYC/LONG ISLAND
British General Howe
Nathan Hale “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”
Battle of Brooklyn
TRENTON and PRINCETON
General George Washington
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Battle of Princeton
SARATOGA
British General Burgoyne
Colonel Barry St. Leger
WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE
Baron von Steuben
OHIO RIVER VALLEY TERRITORY
George Rogers Clark
Guerilla Warfare Ambush Tactics
THE WAR AT SEA
“I have not yet begun to fight!” John Paul Jones “I have not yet begun to fight!”
Bonhomme Richard (American) vs. Serapis (British)
YORKTOWN
British General Charles Cornwallis
Reminders: Unit: Causes of the American Revolution MYP Unit Question: What values are worth fighting for? Focus Question: What is the next LTA? Friday, December 15th, 2017 Happy Ugly Sweater Friday Reminders: Wrapping party after school TODAY!!! Focus Activity: Take out Revolutionary War Packets Homework: Have a great weekend
HOW DID THE AMERICANS WIN? Geography: They knew the land HOW DID THE AMERICANS WIN? Help from France after the American victory at Saratoga Patriotic Attitude Colonial Military Skills and Leaders (George Washington) Improved They did not have to ship supplies overseas- they got them from the New England colonies
Treaty of Paris - 1783
The Treaty of Paris, 1783 Great Britain would recognize the United States as an independent country The United States’ territory would stop at the Mississippi River Great Britain would still be in control of Canada Spain would regain control of Florida and would keep all of its land west of the Mississippi River
Deserted Island Dilemma…