No assigned blog this week. Blog disscussions today.1. Exploration and Colonization2. Revolutionary War-The Boston Tea Party- The colonist didn't agree with the British taxes, and there were 3 ships in the Boston harbor. Samuel Adams and several other men dumped the tea into the harbor. No taxation with out representation. Other colonies started sending back the tea. Boston, Massachusetts was the main city that started the revolutionary war.Nathanael Greene was a gerneral in the revolutionary war. When he started the malitia he taught them the art of war. He was second in command to Washington.Valley Forge- was a really tough time, though there was no battle going on because of small pox. They stayed there the winter of 1777. They didn't have very good clothing. At one point there were 4000 men that were unfit for battle. Washington crossing the Delaware- they thought the British won the war. George Washington decided to make a supprise attack and killed or wounded a thousand soldiers.Revolutionary War- It started 1775-1783, also known as the American war of Independence. The native americans were mainly on the British side, because the americans were pushing the native americans off there land. The colonist were armed lightly and had little training and didn't have uniforms.Bruns will ask on the test what are some causes that lead up to the war. Boston Massacre- It was on March 5th 1770, a bunch of americans were picking on the redcoats. 5 were killed. Trial of the Boston Massacre and the officers were all arrested, the judges weren't from Boston they were from other colonies.The military the bases weren't that good, a lot of soldiers died because of diseases and hunger. The Treaty of Paris- Britian agreed to give the colonist their freedom.3. Westward Expansion-People moved across the northwest because of the gold in California. The trail of tears started by the Indian removal act. It gave the president the right to remove indians from there land.4, Industrial Revolution of the early 1800's5. Civil War and Reconstruction
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