Today we are going to do blog discussions in class.1. Exploration and ColonizationThe Boston Tea party was started because the Colonists didn't like the taxes the British were charging them. No taxation without representation means they con't tax them because they are on their own and they aren't taxing themselves. The Boston Tea Party was in October 1773.2. Revolutionary WarNathaniel Green was a general in the revolutionary war he started as a leader of a militia and moved up in rank. He won the battle of Trenton. He was apointed commander and chief of the south's army. He died whe he was forty three. At Valley Forge their was a lot of diseases but they lerned how to fight better by training. Daniel Morgan was the owner of a rifle company and became the leader of a militia. Then he killed the leaders so the the British didn't know what to do. General Gadge had terberculosis so his voice was very weak so when he told them to go home they thought he said shoot. At Valley Forge their was around 4,000 people that were not able to fight. 1775-1783 is when the Revolutionary war started. The colonists didn't have uniforms or a lot of guns and ammo. March 5, 1770 was the day of the Boston masacre. The Treaty of Paris was Great Britan would take their troops away.3. Westward ExpansionPeople moved west because of gold. 8 million people started west and 100,000 people arrived.4, Industrial Revolution of the early 1800's5. Civil War and Reconstruction
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