Back to Monday again... *sigh.* So today we didn't watch America The Story of Us like we did last week. We had a blog discussion on our assigned blogs with the class. I did mine over the trials of the Boston Massacre. And here's some information and notes I took while listening to other people talk about their blogs:-After the Boston Tea Party, the British closed off Boston Harbor and cut off the city of Boston from trade and commerce.-Nathanial Green was a militia leader in the Revolutionary war. He taught himself how to fight in the war. Washington put him in charge of Boston. He became comander and cheif of the southern army, only second to Washington. Died at age 43. He was the only officer besides Washington to serve all 8 years of the war-Only 4 people were killed on the colonists' side during the attack on the British after Washington crossed the Deleware.-Americans changed the rules of war by killing the lead officers leaving the soldiers without a leader. Then they would retreat and attack back and forth like the Native Americans called gorilla warfare.-At one point, over 4,000 men at Valley Forge were listed as unfit for duty.-The Revolutionary war went from 1775-1783-Washington's army had 20,000 men serving. 250,000 men total served as regulars. Most of them weren't trained soldiers.-The Tready of Paris ended the Revolutionary War.-People moved west mostly for gold and riches.-America won the territory of Texas from Mexico in 1845.-Andrew Jackson approved the Indian Removal Act (Trail of Tears) in 1830.So that's all for today and we'll pick up there tomorrow. Byee(:
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