Talked about how assigned blog discussions work and how responsible you have to be on getting those doneDid the blog discussions over:1. Exploration and Colonization2. Revolutionary War:-Shena and some others did theirs on facts about the Boston Tea Party: colonists didn't agree with the taxes that the British were enforcing upon them. There were three ships at the Boston Harbor holding tea, and it was decided that they were going to dump the tea into the sea.-Carly did hers on Nathanial Greene: he was a major officer of a militia, after militias he was a part of the Continental army. He won the battle of Trenton, but almost lost the trust of George Washington, and in other circumstances, he was second in command to George Washington. He died at 43, and was a great soldier.-talked about my blog... :)-Brittany did hers on Daniel Morgan: he was chosen to create a formation of men to march 600 miles and take out the British and their Native American guides. The basic rules of war was to not kill the officers, but we didn't like to follow by the rules. If the British troops were left without guides or an officer to tell them what to do, they were rather clueless in trying to figure out what to do. He got captured by the British in 1776.-Trey did Valley Forge: they chose the Valley because of it's good strategic position. Most of the men had no shoes and little resources for healthy living. The only food that they had was flour and water was called "firecake". But the men were well trained in Valley Forge and became great soldiers because of it.-Jordan did the general events of the Revolutionary War: the Native Americans helped the British because the British tried to help the natives keep their land while we were the ones trying to push and push into the land of the Native Americans. We weren't always the good guys in the Revolutionary War. She also talked about the Boston Tea Party and some other events that helped lead to the revolution.-Taryn did the Boston Massacre: happened on March 5th, 1770...there was an angry mob that had clubs and a very unhappy group of people. No one knows who it was, but someone yelled "fire", and there were 5 people shot dead after this bloody and horrible event.-Jaz did Boston Massacre and the Boston massacre trial: people needed John Adams to plead their case about the Boston Massacre. The massacre happened in March, but the trial happened in October. Captain Preston was found not guilty, and Adams said that there was a good reason to fire the shots because the lives of the soldiers were threatened, and that the shooting was for self-defense.-Teresa also did Valley Forge and the Boston Tea Party and the same facts as listed above, along with the Treaty of Paris.3. Westward Expansion:-Zach W: people moved across the northwest to find as much gold as they could, but the mountains stood in their way. There were as many as 8 million in one group of people that were heading to California, but only about 100,000 actually made it through the journey.-Connor did the Trail of Tears: the Indian Removal Act was put through in 1830 and that gave Andrew Jackson permission to remove the Indians from where they were and move them to reservations.4, Industrial Revolution of the early 1800's5. Civil War and ReconstructionTags:-Shena and some others did theirs on facts about the Boston Tea Party: colonists didn't agree with the taxes that the British were enforcing upon them. There were three ships at the Boston Harbor holding tea, and it was decided that they were going to dump the tea into the sea.-Carly did hers on Nathanial Greene: he was a major officer of a militia, after militias he was a part of the Continental army. He won the battle of Trenton, but almost lost the trust of George Washington, and in other circumstances, he was second in command to George Washington. He died at 43, and was a great soldier.-talked about my blog... :)-Brittany did hers on Danial Morgan: he was chosen to create a formation of men to march 600 miles and take out the British and their Native American guides. The basic rules of war was to not kill the officers, but we didn't like to follow by the rules. If the British troops were left without guides or an officer to tell them what to do, they were rather clueless in trying to figure out what to do. He got captured by the British in 1776.We will continue the blog discussions tomorrow.
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