It's Monday:(. Which means blog discussion day.1. Exploration and Colonization: Know what kind of troubles they face. Explorers.2. Revolutionary WarJoey: Did his on the battle of Yorktown. Our side double the British side. Ended the Revolutionary War. Only 60 french people were killed. 28 Americans were killed.Joe: Colonists were mad at the British because they were taxing them. No taxation without Representation. Colonist boycotted tea completely. Boston Tea Party: Colonists went onto a British ship and dumped a bunch of tea into the Boston Harbor. France, Spain, and Dutch secretly gave ammo to the colonists. French Navy helped us in the war but it hurt their economy.Marea: Causes of the Revolutionary War. Boston Massacre. British troops that were at Boston Massacre were found not guilty. Boston Tea Party was another cause. Colonists didn't like getting taxed. Proclamation of 1763 set a line in the Appalachian mountains. Any one who was west of that line had to move to the east of that line. Sugar Act lowered tax on molasses.Cesar: Crispus Attucks was the first person shot in the Boston Massacre.Andrew: Timothy Murphy had the longest shot. Killed a British General from 300 yards away. Daniel Morgan was the person who made the Kentucky Long Rifle.3. Westward ExpansionBecka: Lewis and Clark Expedition. Only cost 5 cents and acre. Bought it from France. Lewis and Clark were both great frontiers men. Need to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean. Spring 1805 they started expedition. Studied plants and animals. Past Rocky Mountains used canoes.Amy: Land of Opportunities. Religion Reasons. Gold Rush. Manifest Destiny expanding of land from sea to sea. Beaver fur was the most in demand fur. Pioneers always traveled the Santa Fe and Oregon Trail, because it was shorter and less expensive.Zach: Native Americans ambushed the Americans. Jedediah Smith.Nate: Alamo. Took place during the Texas War for Independence. Texans ended up winning and got their independence. Strength of the Mexican Army was about 2,000 troops. Texan Army was 182-260 troops.4, Industrial Revolution of the early 1800'sShelby: Ag Revolution. Machines came into the fields to make farming more efficient, and faster.5. Civil War and ReconstructionCesar: Rober Smalls slave who was on the CSS Planter. Turned the boat over to the union.
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