Chapters 9, 10 and 11 Social Studies

Chapter 9, Williamsburg, VA

The key concept is understanding how Virginia had the most democratic government with the House of Burgesses. This model was used to create the new government in chapter 14.

Assignment:
House of Burgesses summary sheet (Check plus)

Chapter 10 Growing Tensions

I can explain how the French and Indian War created tensions between the colonists and Great Britain.

I can summarize the main events that happened during 1754 through 1774.

I can state the causes and effects of each event. 

I can use the metaphor of a parent and child as compared to Great Britain and the colonists.

Assignments

Homework (12 points)

Technology
House Divided, Loyalist vs. Patriot


Chapter 11 Loyalists vs. Patriots

I can describe the personal background of a Loyalist and Patriot.
I can explain key arguments of both sides.
I can name famous Loyalists and Patriots.

George Washington- planter from Virginia, became the commander of the Continental Army and later the first President 



Patrick Henry- also from Virginia, a great orator- “Give me Liberty or Give me Death!” 



Paul Revere- silversmith from Boston, a secret agent of the Patriots, and on April 18th, 1775, made his famous midnight ride from Boston to Lexington warning the British were coming 



John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson were the writers of the Declaration of Independence 



Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman who helped the Patriots and gave them money and was a good soldier 



Nathan Hale- was a spy for the Patriots, and was caught by the British, before he was hung, he said “ I regret I have but one life to lose for my country” 



Crispus Attucks, a African American man, killed by the British during the Boston Massacre in 1770- this act pushed many others to join the Patriots

Abigail Adams- ran the family farm while husband John was at the Continental Congress, and encouraged the founding fathers not to forget the women of the country while they wrote the new laws of the country 




Mercy Otis Warren- she wrote plays that made fun of the British and books about the war 




Ben Franklin

Thomas Paine

Phyllis Wheatley- an African girl slave, of the Wheatley family, wrote poetry for the war effort 




Deborah Sampson- dressed as a man to join the army. Once discovered a year later she was given an honorable discharge

Loyalists, King’s friends, King’s men, Royalists or Tories

King George III
Thomas Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson

Flora MacDonald

John Burgoyne

Joseph Brant

Benedict Arnold

Assignment

Patriot and Loyalist description sheet (20 POINTS)