Parent and students, 

1. Report cards were given out today (Tuesday, Nov 3) - please sign, date and return the envelopes by Friday.

2. We have a test scheduled for Friday Nov 6 on ch. 6. The students were given a review sheet yesterday in class and have been working on it for homework. Please notice that there is an essay on the test. It is at the end of the review sheet. I've included a copy of the review below. As always, if you have any questions, please ask.

Chapter 6 Review and the ending part of Ch 5.

Test on Friday, Nov 6, 2009

Sec 3/ch 5

            The colonies support Boston

First Continental Congress

Militia

Lexington/Concord

Minutemen

Section 1

Olive Branch Petition

King George III

Green Mountain Boys and Fort Ticonderoga

The Continental Army

Advantages and the disadvantages of the Patriots and the British

Loyalists

            The Battle of Bunker Hill

Blockade

Section 2

The point of Common Sense / what did it ask?

            Views of the colonists at this time

            Thomas Paine and his belief

            Traitor

Declaration of Independence

            The parts (4)

            Natural rights                 

Response of colonists after Declaration is distributed

Section 3 You may use the battle chart and the map from this section

Washington with the Army in the middle states

            Compare the readiness of the British and Continental Army

Battle of Long Island

Nathan Hale

Battle of Trenton / Battle of Princeton

General Washington

Fort Ticonderoga

Battle of Saratoga

The French Aid

Conditions at Valley Forge, Pa.  – Describe what helped the Army

Section 4

            How did women and African Americans take part in the war?

            How did each group take part?

            How were they treated by the colonial government?

            American wins out west

The Spanish assist the Americans

Fighting at sea by the Americans and British

Section 5

            In the south – Dec. 1778

            The Patriots vs. the Loyalists – things are changing

            Battle of Cowpens

            Guilford Courthouse

            Benedict Arnold

            Battle at Yorktown

Siege

Treaty of Paris

Ratified

Why did the Americans win the Revolution? P.194 (4 reasons)

Essay Questions – 14

1.      Write a letter to Congress explaining why you think war can or cannot be avoided.

2.      Using the Declaration of Independence – explain the arguments that the colonies used for declaring independence.

3.      What were the three biggest mistakes of the British leaders between 1775 and 1783? Explain

Students may outline the essay question and use the information to write their essay response.

OR

Students may type a completed response and turn it in on the day of the test.