Bell Work

• What were the Townshend Acts? The Intolerable Acts?

This Day in History:

October 14, 1918- Adolf Hitler is wounded by a gas attack in Belgium.

October 14, 1944- Erwin Rommel commits suicide rather than face a public trial for his participation in Operation Valkyrie.

October 14, 1947- Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.

October 14, 1962- The Cuban Missile Crisis begins.

October 14, 1964- Martin Luther King Jr. wins the Nobel Peace prize.

The Revolution

First Continental Congress

• In 1774 the First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia.

• Drafted the Declaration of Rights.

• The goal was to state the colonists’ concerns and ask the king to correct the problems.

British Advance Toward Concord• Paul Revere rode

out to warn colonists that the British were advancing toward Concord.

• Other riders traveled around New England including Israel Bissell who was another rider that covered far more territory than Revere.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Shot Heard Round the World

• The first shots fired of the Revolution took place in Lexington, Massachusetts.

• From Lexington the British advanced toward Concord where they were swarmed by local colonists.

Second Continental Congress

• Colonies drafted new state constitutions.

• Continental Army was formed with George Washington in charge.

• Olive Branch Petition sent to King George

Bell Work

• What is a loyalist? What is a patriot?

This Day in History:October 22, 1797- The USS Constitution “Old Ironsides” battleship is

launched. October 22, 1963- John F. Kennedy tells the American public that the

Soviets had placed nuclear weapons on the island of Cuba in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Early Action

• In May 1775 Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.

• June 1775 the British attack the colonist’s at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

• The British won the battle, but they suffered many casualties.

The Siege of Boston

• Henry Knox transported heavy guns over 300 miles from Ticonderoga to Boston.

• On March 4, 1776 Washington’s Army fortified Dorchester Heights overnight.

• This forced William Howe’s army to leave Boston.

Common Sense

• Written by Thomas Paine and published in January of 1776.

• Increased support for independence.

• Read the Common Sense handout.

Declaration of Independence

• In June of 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed that the states should be independent of Britain.

• While delegates debated a committee including Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson drafted a document.

• Delegates voted for independence on July 2nd and the document was adopted on July 4th.

Read the Document on Pages 137-140

• What is the main point of the Preamble?

• What statements in the Declaration of Independence are important values in a democracy?

• What are the grievances that the colonists have against the king?

• What powers did the new and free independent state plan to claim?

Reading Quiz Tomorrow

• Read Chapter 6, Lesson 1

• Pages 144-151