American+Revolution

=British perspective on the American Revolution=
 * The British perspective on the American Revolution would probably just be a small hiccup in their long string of victories. They look to the revolution as not a big deal while we think of it as the greatest thing that ever happened. I don't know which side is right but both sides have very different points of view.**

=﻿Modern Day Issues With Different Perspectives=
 * War on Terror
 * Bringing troops home
 * Moss getting traded
 * Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace prize
 * Abortion

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Different documents 1 Magna Carta: The Magna Carta set laws for the citizens of Britian. 3 Mayflower Compact 1620: The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact to ensure their survival.

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=﻿Summary of Townshend Acts= The Townshend Acts were passed by Charles Townshend in 1767. The many new taxes angered the colonists which led the the Revolutionary War which led to American independence.

The colonists protested the Townshend Acts by openly protesting, sending letters to Parliament, smuggling, boycotting, and writs of assistance, but the l;ast one was bad.

I think it was the colonists fault the British fired on them because Crispus made the soldiers gun fire, causing all the British soldiers to fire their weapons.

=﻿Compare and Contrast Boston Massacre Images=

During the Boston Massacre, colonists started a roit. Crispus made one of the soldiers drop their guns causing it to fire. The soldiers then thought it was a signal to fire so they fired into the crowd

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=﻿First Continental Congress= Hello Colonial America. The date today is September 5, 1774. I'm here in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the First Continental Congress reporting live. The 56 members are here to discuss some very important issues that could very well decide our fate as an independant country. The members are trying to figure out how to rally all colonists together to boycott British goods and try to make our final push from Britian. You, he colonists can all help by boycotting anything British. This is Jared Adelman, signing out.

=﻿Key Terms From Revolutonary War= **Sons of Liberty-** A country-wide group of gang members in colonial America who openly opposed the British and terorized British officials in ways such as destroying their property and tarring and feathering them. Led be Sam Adams and John Hancock. **Sugar Acts-** A series of taxes put on the colonists to pay for the expenses of the French and Indian War. A tax was put on all British sugar that colonists bought. **Navigation Acts-** A series of actes put on the colonists that forced them to buy British goods by not allowing colonists to buy goods from anyhere but Britian. This however, didnt stop the colonists from smuggling in goods from othr counties. **French and Indian war-** A war between the French and the British, Native Americans, and colonists. The war started when George Washington's men and a group of Native Americans massacred a group of French scouts. The British, colonists, and Native Americans won the war but the expenses from it put Britian in debt.
 * Stamp Act- ** An act put on the colonists that forced them to pay for every stamp they used. This act caused riots and so much violence towards the officials that collected the stamp money that most of the officials quit, fearing for their lives. Because of this and other factors, the Stamp Act was rappealed.
 * Townshend Acts- ** A series of acts put on the colonists by Charles Townshend to punish the colonists for the revolting against the previous acts. The colonists were taxed on almost anything British and British soldiers came to America to protect British tax collectors. The soldiers also had the right to search any colonists' home if they suspected they were smuggling goods without a warrant.
 * Boston Massacre- ** An event where angry, and some drunk colonists were terrorizing a goup of British soldiers. One soldier was clubbed over the head and dropped his rifle, causing it to fire and kill the attacker. The other scared soldiers heard the gun fire and interpreted it as an order to fire into the crowd, killing and wounding colonists. The soldiers were brought to court and were proven innocent.
 * Boston Tea Party- ** An event where colonists, including Sam Adams, dressed up as Native Americans, boarded a British tea ship, took all the tea, and dumped it into Boston Harbor.


 * More Key Terms**
 * Arms and Ammunition-** guns and bullets.
 * Minutemen-** people in the American militia
 * Militia-** a civilian army
 * British Regular-** full time British soldier in the Brirish army
 * Alarm Riders-** people who ride on horses alarming people or bad stuff happening
 * Paul Revere-** most famous alarm rider
 * Joseph Warren-** famous American doctor. only unwanted patriot leader

Battle of Lexington and ConcordCCQ's

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 * I See/Hear


 * Minutemen gathering together
 * Minutemen getting into formation
 * British are marching to Concord
 * Drums in the background
 * British forming up on the green, marching forward
 * Minutemen start to disperse
 * Unknown person hiding behind rock fires pistol
 * Minutemen start running and British chase them || It Means

Summary: The movie has shown a depiction of what happened at the battle at Lexington. The minutemen were greatly outnumbered and lost. When the regulars were going back through Lexington, many more minutemen got together and ambushed them, killing many regulars.
 * Getting ready to fight the British
 * Formulating a plan
 * Going to seize supplies
 * Shows the British coming
 * Sign that they are about to attack and strike fear in the minutemen
 * They don't want to die
 * He caused the British to start firing. They thinbk minutemen want to fight
 * Brirish won the fight before it even started ||

Under the circumstances, i would have taking up arms against my government because i would have wanted to go down with a fight if my government was going to kill me anyway. I think it is possible i would ever do so if the circumstances were the same

=Glogster Assignment= I do agree that war was inevitable at some point Point it happened: Stamp acts Why: riots started, riots caused Townshend Acts, Townshend Acts caused Boston Massacre, Boston Massacre led up to Boston Tea Party, Boston Tea Party led up to Intolerable Acts, Intolerable Acts led to Battle of Lexington, Battle of Lexington led to many more battles If the Stamp Act hadn't happened, then all the riots wouldn't have happened, and Charles Townshend would not have passed the Townshend Acts, and so on

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Notes from the movie Summary: Washington and his generals plan their attack of Trenton, but their estimate of time it would take is wrong. They cross.
 * man needs rifles for his men
 * man smoking dry cow dung...
 * putting hot wax into his musket so he doesnt have wet gunpowder
 * Washington using an old mans house as a headquarters
 * man trying to get Washington to make soldiers to cross during daylight. Washington says no
 * soldiers preparing to cross the river
 * colonel glover is going to have one of his men on each boat. "their word is law"
 * soldiers crossing the river
 * Washington is crossing the river
 * Not enough time to get to Trenton before daybreak. soldiers are going to attack in daylight
 * Washington gets off his horse and walks with the soldiers
 * soldiers are going to attack the hetians at 8 hoping they're still asleep
 * Alexander Hamilton and another person kill the Hetians in the guardhouse
 * soldiers line up outside of Trenton

First hand account of battle at Trenton.

"We used used boats to cross the Delaware river at 5:30. But the crossing took much longer than all of us expected and we were all finally across at around 3 or 4 in the morning, took a little while to regroup, and began our march on Trenton. Instead of attacking at 6:30 as General Washington intended. We reached Trenton at around 7:30 and Washington sent Alexander Hamilton and others to the guardhouse to kill the four guards inside. After that buisness was done, we got into formation and waited until 8:30 to attack Trenton. We ran in screaming and killed many of those bastards before they had the chance to get ready. The remaining Hessians regrouped in an orchard and got into formation but they were far outnumbered. One of our men shot and wounded the Hessian colonel and they surrendered. We won the battle with none of our men killed and none of them badly wounded" //Jared Adelman, Rifleman in the Continental Army//

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