Monday October 31st 2016 Pick up your spirals/folders from the front, take out a pen/pencil and start a new bellwork page. If you need a piece of paper from me get one. I am not looking through spirals for bellwork If your last section is still in your spiral, turn it in now. Bellwork: What do you think? (Sentences!!!) Who do you think had the advantage (England/US) at the beginning of the American Revolution? Why?
Announcements Voter Registration Continues: Deadline Tomorrow 11/1 CA Thursday in class All grades due Friday!! Quiz Retake: 1 quiz on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday before or after school. Wednesday no before school because of CA’s
Role of Geography England is 3,000 miles from the colonies Americans control Mississippi River (Galvez) squares 1,000 miles of coastline is hard to blockade Americans know the land
Battle of Trenton Trenton, NJ - Christmas 1776 Morale is low after losing NYC Washington attacks 2,000 Hessians (German mercenaries) at dawn Must cross icy Delaware River in the dark Huge American victory Morale boost keeps army together
Battle of Saratoga France becomes an American ally! Fall 1777 - Upstate New York British goal: cut off New England British style of warfare hurts them in dense forests Americans combine standard and new tactics Major victory – captured 5,000 British soldiers Turning point of the war! France becomes an American ally!
British Surrender at Saratoga
Tuesday November 1st 2016 Pick up your folders/spirals from the front, take out a pen/pencil and your bellwork. We are finishing the powerpoint today. Bellwork: What do you think? What was the turning point of the American Revolution? Why?
Announcements Last day of voter registration. New ID Laws I will collect cards now. New ID Laws History CA on Thursday 11/3 All Grades due Friday 11/4 Quiz Retakes: Today, Wednesday (11/2), and Thursday (11/3). After school. Thursday before school as well. No FRIDAY RETAKES UNLESS A PARENT CONTACTS ME!!
Winter at Valley Forge Winter of 1777-78 The Continental Army was ill, poorly equipped, and hungry Disease spread through the camp Baron von Steuben (Prussian soldier) square Trained troops and wrote military manual Valuable training time for unskilled soldiers Survivors were prepared to fight the British
Thomas Paine’s The Crisis “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered. Yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
Battle of Yorktown American victory that ended the war! October 1781 French fleet has defeated British navy in Chesapeake Bay British are surrounded with no escape Cornwallis forced to surrender to Washington American victory that ended the war!
Siege of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris 1783 Ended the American Revolution Americans receive all land east of Mississippi River England recognizes American independence!