Today is blog discussion day, worth 20 points. Mr. Bruns reviewed how to insert pictures into our blogs.These are the topics that we could choose from:1. Exploration and Colonization-King Phillip's war started becaused the colonists wanted more land from the natives. He was not actually a king. Was previously known as the Indian War.2. Revolutionary War-Patrick Henry was willing to fight for his freedom.-Battles of Lexington and Concord was fought mostly by local militias. Info was easily given to the Britains through loyalists. Paul Revere was the one who alerted the militias.-Women played a large role in the war. Famous women include Betsy Ross, Abigail Adams, Esther Burt Reed, Sarah Franklin. Many women were prositutes.-Boston Tea Party, December 1773, dumped all tea into the sea because of taxes, "No taxation without representation"- Winter at Valley Forge, George Washington moved his army after being defeated, many diseases killed off many soldiers, 2/3 of the soldiers died due to diseases.-George Washington was a very important general of the Continental Army, led many very significant attacks on the British, only president to be unamimously voted in to presidency.3. Westward Expansion-The Oregon Trail was the well-known trail and the best route to the west-without the trail the west may have belonged to Canada or Mexico, was used for around 25 years.4. Industrial Revolution of the early 1800's5. Civil War and ReconstructionWe will continue with discussion tomorrow
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