1. Thursday, January 29th
Bell Work: Please pick up your notebooks and the Hashtag Analysis worksheet form the back table. Take a moment to copy down the EQ and WOD. Then, working with a partner, complete the Hashtag Organizer (document on back of the page). Yes, this will be graded for accuracy.

2. Daily Agenda:
Bell Work: Hashtag Analysis
WOD  acrimonious
Political Cartooning: Steps toward Revolution
MC Practice: Clicker Review
Video Clip: John Adams
Essential Question: In what way was the American Revolution not only a war for independence, but also a struggle to determine the nature of the nation?
Homework: Take a night off! 

3. Acrimonious – filled with bitterness; sharpness in words (Pronunciation for Word)
vinegar : honey :: acrimonious :
Analogy /29/15, Block 2

4. Acrimonious – filled with bitterness; sharpness in words (Pronunciation for Word) (Possible Answer)
vinegar : honey :: acrimonious : dulcet
These are antonyms.
Dulcet, comes from dulcis (sweet), whereas acrimonious comes from acer (bitter, acid).
Analogy /29/15, Block 2

5. bitter hateful unkind sympathetic
Acrimonious – filled with bitterness; sharpness in words (Pronunciation for Word)
bitter
hateful
unkind
sympathetic
Odd Word Out /29/15, Block 4

6. bitter hateful unkind Sympathetic – antonym
Acrimonious – filled with bitterness; sharpness in words (Pronunciation for Word) (Possible Answer)
bitter
hateful
unkind
Sympathetic – antonym
Odd Word Out /29/15, Block 4

7. Cartoon Analysis
This cartoon was created by Benjamin Franklin in Who might have been the intended audience?
What might have prompted this cartoon?

8. Cartoon Analysis: What is this cartoon protesting?
What strategy has the artist used to convey his message?

9. Multiple Choice Practice
Read the passages provided silently to yourself. Use the information from each passage to assist you in answering each clicker question.
Multiple Choice Practice

10. Based on the excerpt, which of the following best describes King George’s view of the colonists?
They were personally loyal to him.
Their problems were with Parliament.
They always had planned to revolt.
They misunderstood the King.
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11. According to the excerpt, which of the following does King George hold primarily responsible for the American revolt?
The “desperate conspiracy” by some members of Parliament
The “expressions of attachment” by some colonial leaders
The “spirit of moderation” of some of Parliament’s resolutions
The “traitorous views” of some colonial leaders
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12. Which of the following groups or individuals would have been most likely to agree with King George?
Continentals
Loyalists
John Dickenson
Thomas Paine
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13. In the context of the various disputes between the colonists and Britain, which of the following would be the most important right cited?
Section 1: all people are by nature free
Section 2: all power comes from the people
Section 4: no person has special privileges
Section 16: people should be able to worship freely
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14. Which of the rights in the excerpt is expressed in a way that would today be considered a limitation of individual rights?
Section 5: separation of government powers
Section 2: origins of governmental powers
Section 6: right to vote
Section 12: freedom of the press
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15. The group most likely to oppose the ideas expressed in this excerpt would have been
The Minutemen of Lexington
Advocates of a unicameral legislature
Tories such as William Franklin
Supporters of Shay’s Rebellion
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17. To encourage African Americans to fight, Hamilton suggested in the excerpt that they should be promised
Effective leadership from officers.
An end to prejudice.
Equal wages with white soldiers.
Emancipation from slavery.
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18. Which of the following was the primary reason for Hamilton’s call for African American soldiers?
The New York militia was short of troops
The British were recruiting African Americans
The Declaration of Independence called for equal rights
General Washington trusted that blacks would make good soldiers
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19. The excerpts were written in response to the
British government’s attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies
British government’s failure to protect colonists from attacks by American Indians
colonial governments’ failures to implement mercantilist policies
colonial governments’ attempts to extend political rights to new groups
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20. The concept of hereditary rights and privileges
The ideas about government expressed by Paine and Jefferson are most consistent with which of the following?
The concept of hereditary rights and privileges
The belief in Manifest Destiny
The principle of religious freedom
The ideas of the Enlightenment
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21. The development of factions and nascent political parties
The principles expressed by Paine and Jefferson best account for which of the following features of the United States during and immediately after the American Revolution?
The development of factions and nascent political parties
The rapid expansion of frontier settlements
The relatively limited powers of the Articles of Confederation
The growth of conflict between wealthy elites and poor farmers and laborers
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22. Participant Scores Participant 1 Participant 2 Participant 3
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