blog discussion day! whooooooo!!!! topics:1. Exploration and Colonizationnone really had anything on this topic2. Revolutionary Warjoey did the battle of yorktown. 60 french were killed, 156 british were killed. british ended the war by waving the white flag. cornwallis never met washington in person.joe talked about the war in general. colonists were upset with the british for taxing them-huge cause of this war. france secretly helped colonists because the british were their enemies. the war hurt the french economyMaria did causes of the war-boston massacure 5 americans were killed by troops sent to maintain order because they were taunting them. wantedcontinental congress agreed thecaptain wanted to go to province but didnt want to be followed so he led them into shallow water and other people came to attack themboston tea partysugar act loweredstamp tax idea prime minister thought it was a good idea reps thought badcesar-atticks was the first person to be killed in the boston massacure, slave that stole his slave trade boat and gave it to the union. was the one to tell lincoln that african americans should participate in the warandrew talked about sharp shooters-this war was the first time they appeared-morgans rifle men led by daniel morgan. timothy murphy made the longest shot in the world. started the battle of bemis hieghts3. Westward Expansionbecka talked about the lewis and clark expidition-right after the louisiana purchase from france 5 cents an acre. jefferson wanted lewis to explore their new land.amy summarized-the west was the land of opportunity, gold rush, manifest destiny-god wants us to expand from coast to coast. suffered during winter because they ran out of food, didn't plan accordingly to their journey.pioneers took oregon trail and santa fe trail because they were less expensive and more direct-they heard rumors of shortcuts that werent always right.zach summarized-lot of native americans would ambush pioneers, they would get attacked by wild animals.doonan talked about the alimo-the president of mexico sent an assualt on the alimo mission. the texan defenders survived except for 2. 15000 mexican troops went to take back texas and fought a bunch of small battles. mexican army pushed back texan troops finally on march 6. alimo is the texas battle for independence-was its own country until the us took it and made it a state. texas feels more independence than the other states because they were once their own country4, Industrial Revolution of the early 1800'sshelby talked about the agricultural revolution. made farming more efficient so they could have more crops faster-the price goes down due to supply and demand. they made too much and couldnt make any money. farmers had severe issues for a long time. robert bakewell bred farm animals according to what farmers needed.5. Civil War and Reconstructionwill do tomorrow!
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