January 2014

Apprentice

1. Read the Declaration of Independence: (a booklet will be given to you at the Jan. 8th class)     http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

2. Go to this site and read the Reasons for the Declaration of Independence and explore the blue titles at the bottom of the page. 

http://www.historyrocket.com/artifacts/declaration-of-independence/Reasons-For-The-Declaration-Of-Independence.html

3. Choose one of the ideas on this page to give a 3 to 5 minute presentation to the class.  

http://www.historyrocket.com/artifacts/declaration-of-independence/Reasons-For-The-Declaration-Of-Independence.html

Journeyman

1. Read Passage To America, 1750 (this is about one page.)

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/passage.htm

Write and email an essay that would show how you would have done on this trip.

2. Tape 8 pieces of paper together in landscape format. This is going to be a time line. Every piece of paper represents 25 years. Starting with 1600 and going to 1800. After the tape is on turn the paper over and crate a time line with the dates below:

1607: Jamestown settled  
1619: Africans arrive  
 1620: Pilgrims arrive
1622: Powhatan confederacy attacks Virginia
1624: Virginia becomes royal colony
1624: New Netherlands settled
1629: Cambridge Agreement
1630: Massachusetts Bay Colony founded
1634: Maryland granted to Baltimore
1636: Williams founds Providence
1637: slaves arrive in Massachusetts
1637: Pequot War
1639: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1630: Rhode Island formed
1643: New England Confederation formed
1650-1660: Navigation Acts
1652: Rhode Island passes anti-slavery law
1656: Quakers come to America
1662: Half-Way Covenant
1663: Carolina chartered
1670: Charles Towne established
1673: first post rider used
1675-1676: King Philip's War
1676: Bacon's Rebellion
1679: New Hampshire chartered
1681: Penn founds Pennsylvania
1682: Penn founds Pennsylvania
1682: La Salle claims Louisiana for French
1690: Salem Witch Trials
1704: Boston News-Letter founded
1730s: Great Awakening
1732: first public stagecoach line
1732: Hat Act
1733: Molasses Act
1733: Oglethorpe founds Georgia
1750: Iron Act
1754-1763: French and Indian War
1763-1765: Pontiac's Rebellion
1763: Royal Proclamation of 1763
1764: Sugar Act
1764: Currency Act
1765: Quartering Act
1765: Stamp Act
1766: Declaratory Act
1767-1770: Townshend Acts
1770: Boston Massacre
1772: Committees of Correspondence established
1773: Tea Act
1773: Boston Tea Party
1774: First Continental Congress
1775: Boone blazes Wilderness Road
1775: Second Continental Congress
1775: Continental Army formed
1775-1783: Revolutionary War
1776: Declaration of Independence

3. Choose a country, or culture, that had immigrants come to America.

-Show a map of the country they came from. 

-The map should have green caterpillar lines outlining the country. 

-Include the major geographic features of the country: rivers, mountains, lakes, bays, harbors etc… 

-If possible show where they come to in America and what were their reasons for immigrating. 

-Share something that they shared with the world, this could be anything from food to customs or dress... really anything.

Master

1. Look at this list of major battles of the Revolutionary War.

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles.aspx

-Pick a battle, come prepared to share why you picked that battle and why this battle was important.

-What were the pros and cons of each side and the outcomes for each side?

-You can use the computer, a video, a book or a presentation you made up.