Wednesday, Nov Update your table of contents if you did not yesterday DateTitleEntry # 11/9Boston Tea party reading summary/questions 51 11/10 The Road to Lexington and Concord worksheet 52 11/14Declaring Independence worksheet 53 11/14 Chapter 6 and 7 Vocabulary/People 54 11/15 Common Sense notes Get out your worksheet from yesterday so we can finish 3. Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow
Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) Chose George Washington as military commander Authorized printing of paper money
Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military ActionsOutcomes 3.Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) Americans captured the fort and its cannons and large guns
Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) King George rejected the petition (blockaded entire colonies, sent German mercenaries called Hessians)
Battle of Bunker Hill
Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military ActionsOutcomes 3.Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) 4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775) British won but suffered huge causalities. Moral victory for the Americans
Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military ActionsOutcomes 3.Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) 4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775) 5. Continental Army invades Quebec (Nov. 1775) Continental Army was defeated
Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military ActionsOutcomes 3.Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) 4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775) 5. Continental Army invades Quebec (Nov. 1775) 6. Continental Army surrounds British forces in Boston (Jan. 1776) Continental Army’s show of strength causes British soldiers and Loyalists to leave Boston
Common Sense
Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence Entry 55
Common Sense Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence When: *Common Sense was written in Jan Entry 56
Common Sense Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence Why: * Parliament didn’t have the right to make laws for the colonies. *Kings are corrupt *Economically, we could survive w/out England When: *Common Sense was written in Jan Entry 56
Common Sense Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence Why: * Parliament didn’t have the right to make laws for the colonies. *Kings are corrupt *Economically, we could survive w/out England When: *Common Sense was written in Jan Significance: This pamphlet sold many colonists on the idea of independence. Entry 56
Chapter 6 and 7 Voc/People Quiz tomorrow People: Chapter Chapter