Reasons Americans won the Revolutionary War

Loyalists/Tories comprise 1/3 of population
- They were a majority of the population in NY, NJ, and Georgia, they were strong in the Carolinas and Pennsylvania.
-Their leaders came from the ranks of Anglican ministers, royal officials, and conservative families of the upper class (except for Virginia and New England merchants)
- They feared separation from England and the rising democracy (the mob)
- Few were put to death by the Patriots, but many wre imprisoned, tarred and feathered and had their property confiscated.
- Tens of thousands flee to Canada or England after the war.


1/3 of the population was neutral

1/3 were Radicals or Patriots
-They were mainly from the middle and lower classes (except NE , Virginia and Maryland)
-Leadership was mostly young merchants (NE) and planters (Virginia and Maryland)

The British Army had an advantage over the Continental Army because
1. it was numerically superior
2. it was better disciplined
3. it was better trained and supplied
4. it was supplemented by foreign mercenaries (German Hessians)

British disadvantages
1. 3,000 miles from England
2. it had to fight on unfamiliar terrain
3. the rebels were scattered over a large area
4. it underestimated the American forces
5. A large group in Parliament opposed the war
6. the soldiers were unenthusiastic
7. the army was poorly led

The Continental Army
1. had inadequate supplies
2. but the leadership of Washington was key
3. French support was vital

Week of December 8, 2008

What infamous event occurred 67 years ago yesterday?

Tuesday: Quiz on the American Revolution 17(3) plus notes and questions on the Radical/Tory/Moderate debate.

Due Wednesday: Current Event (week 6) sheet -focus on an environmental or social issue affecting the US.

Due Thursday: 19(1) 608-611. Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences. Also, answer the two questions on land enclosures on page 609 (box) plus the question on James Watt (box page 610) and question #1 on page 611.

Due Friday: 19(2) 612-615. Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences. Also, answer the focus question on page 612 and question #1 on page 615.

Week of Dec. 1, 2008

Due Tuesday- Two maps completed (13 Colonies and European Enlightenment)

Due Wednesday- Current Event, focus on Mumbai, India terrorist attack

Due Thursday- Reading, The Shoemaker and the Boston Tea Party
List 10 Facts, 5 Questions and Answers, 1 Key Question (something you didn't understand) or 1 great insight

Fri- Quiz on 17(3) and the Notes from the week

November 24, 2008

Quiz on 17 (1) on Tuesday

Know these terms:
Natural law
Natural right
Social Contract
"General Will"
Laissez Faire- physiocrat Adam Smith

Which came first: the Scientific Revolution or the Enlightenment?
Why did Immanuel Kant use the term Enlightenment?

Philosophe
Diderot
Thomas Hobbes- Leviathan
Montesquieu
Rousseau- Social Contract
Mary Woolstonecraft
John Locke- Natural Rights
Voltaire- "I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend with my last breath your right to say it", he used sarcasm to make his point

Form of Government supported by
Louis XIV
Elizabeth I
Plato
Aristotle

Week of November 17, 2008

Tuesday Quiz on the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution notes given on Monday

Due Wednesday: Chapter Assessment page 568
Terms people and places #1-6, Main Ideas 7-12,

Thursday/Friday- In class Philosophe debate- make sure you answer the questions given to you on Wednesday

Due Friday- Current Events

Columbus essay

How was Columbus the right person, at the right place, in the right time? What is his legacy?
Why do we have Monday off?

Accelerated Rum Reading due Friday, Oct. 10

List 10 interesting facts from the reading
5 Questions with their answers
1 point you did not understand or thought was very enlightening

16 parts, make sure you show me that you have read the whole reading, not just the first part