Victory at Yorktown

This video is 10 minutes long but you will recognize many of the names of the generals and commanders from our Timeline study last week. Remember that your updated flashcards are on the quizlet site and that your test for this chapter is on Friday!

A New Week Means...

new things to learn! I hope you all enjoyed the American Experiment last week. This week we will be digging back into the Constitution and reading the Bill of Rights. We are still on track with our syllabus this week. Just as last week, look at each Session to see what you need to read specifically. (And yes, you still need to read the assigned reading for Session VIII even though you do not have any questions from that session.)

Whoever controls the present controls the past. 
Whoever controls the past controls the future.

Foundational  Amer. Documents The Constitution, Articles I - VII, Amendments I-X (The Bill of Rights) Monday:

Session VI: TA #3, 4

Tuesday:

Session VII: Activity #3 (New York Times…)

Wednesday:

Session IX: TA#1, 2 / Cult. Analy. #1

Thursday:

Session X: CQ #1, 10

Syllabus for Week 11

Hi Gang. I just wanted to post this week's syllabus for you. There are NO changes to the original syllabus this week.

For the Omnibus, you will be reading some of the Foundational American Documents  

Please begin, as always by reading the Omnibus Introduction on Pg. 84-93 

The rest of the week you will be reading The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, The Constitution, Preamble & Article 1 - Which ones you read when will be dependent upon which Session you are working on so be sure to look at those at the beginning of each Session.

Mon.     Session I: Prelude #1, 2 Tues.    Session II: TA #5  Wed.     Session IV: CQ. #1, 7, 8, 10 Thurs.   Session V: TA #1, 5 For BJU US History Mon. Read Pg. 104 - 111 & Section Review Tues. Read Pg. 112 - 115 & Section Review Wed. Read Pg. 115 - 123 Thurs. Section Review Pg. 123

Crossword Puzzle for Review

Below is a crossword puzzle to help you review for your BJU History test on Friday. 

(This is NOT a required assignment.)

Across

2. Geographic heart of Louisiana Territory

3. British king who antagonized the colonists.

4. What war brought an end to French power in the New World? French and

5. British attempted to tax legal and commercial documents with what Act?

11. French Canadian leader that caused great trouble for the English settlements in King William's War.

13. What powerful fortress in North America controlled the mouth of the St. Lawrence River?

16. Under the Treat of Utrecht, Britain gained territory in: Eastern

17. British minister who attempted to collect new taxes from the colonies.

18. Opposed the tyranny of the British rule.

19. Fort built on the Ohio River at the beginning of the French and Indian War.

22. Iroquois allied with the British because their enemy French had joined the

23. Author of "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies."

24. In which battle near Quebec did the British rout the French & capture the capital, bringing an end to the war?  acBattle of the Plains of

27. Ottawa Indian Chief whose confederacy devastated the frontier. He led a war against the British after the French & Indian War.

29. The key campaign in the French and Indian War was the capture of:

32. Banned colonization beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

34. This treaty brought an end to Queen Anne's War.

38. The British cut off French reinforcements and supplies by controlling the:

39. First successful example of colonial unity was: the

40. Pitt replaced old, incompetent commanders with: young, energetic

41. George Washington clashed with the French near what River, sparking the French & Indian War?

42. The British Navy isolated the French forces in America and what other country?

43. France had a strong alliance with the

Down

1. Colonial commander who fought the first skirmish of the French & Indian War.

4. Tax on goods produced or consumed inside a country.

6. What group did the British forcibly remove from Nova Scotia?

7. Who did William Pitt decided to let bear the brunt of fighting in Europe?

8. Frenchman who explored the entire length of the Mississippi River.

9. A major reason Britain taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War. To pay for the

10. Talented British general was given the key campaign of the war and died capturing Quebec.

12. What colonial Congress attempted unsuccessfully to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War?

13. Territory claimed by French along the Mississippi River:

14. He made a proposal to unite the colonies against France.

15. Required that the salaries, taxes and expenditures be scrutinized by elected officials. Power of the

17. Franklin's Albany Plan was a failure because the colonist's feared what? Centralized

20. What Act required the colonists help provide for the British army.

21. Which talented soldier and engineer of defeats against the British was given command of French forces in America during the

French and Indian War?

25. French priest who explored the upper Mississippi River.

26. Leader of the Sons of Liberty.

28. French trapper who explored the upper Mississippi River.

30. What was Britain's chief disadvantage during the French & Indian War? Lack of Colonial

31. Orator from Virginia who opposed British tyranny.

32. Prime minister of Great Britain who won the Seven Years' War.

33. The British outnumbered the French colonists by: 20 to

35. Law that was a direct threat to the colonists' "power of the purse." It was a series of taxes on various colonial good. The colonists boycotted it.

36. Peace Treaty that brought an end to the French & Indian War and removed the French influence as a major force in North America?

37. British commander who was badly defeated by French forces.

A Connection...

Well, there is an interesting connection this week in our co-op and we just wanted to point it out!

In our BJU US History Chapter 5 we are studying the French and Indian War and the events surrounding that.

AND

For those of you in the American Literature class, did you notice that you are writing a historical approach paper on the French and Indian War? Check out page 54, the week 2 assignment in your American Literature student book.

Finish Strong!

You worked hard last week and are almost done with The Social Contract!
Finish Strong!

US History and Omnibus Assignments ~ October 17 – 21

Chapter 5 US History

• Monday : Read Pg. 97 – 102

• Tuesday : Section Review Pg 102

• Wednesday : Chapter Review Questions Pg 103

• Thursday : Study for the test ~Don't forget that this Chapter is updated for you in Quizlet
  

Omnibus

This week read: Book 3 Chapter 8 – the end of the Book (Book 4 Chapter 9)

• Monday : Session VIII : TA #1 and 3

• Tuesday : Session VIII : TA #4 and 6

• Wednesday : Session VIII : BA #1 and 3

• Thursday : Session X : TA #4 and CA #1

If you have specific questions, please remember that you can email either of us.

~ Ms. Danette & Ms. Sherri

Extra Credit Anyone?

Would anyone like a little extra credit on next week's BJU History test for Chapter 5? Print the map below and bring it in, completed using the instructions below, this Friday (October 14th - only) and you will earn some extra credit on your test next Friday (October 21st). The maps will not be accepted after the 14th.

1. Print the map and label the following:  (cities are dots; forts are triangles)
Lakes - Ontario, Champlain, Erie
Rivers - St. Lawrence, Mississippi, Ohio, Hudson
Forts - Fort Detroit, Fort Frontenac, Fort Duquesne, Fort Michilimackinac, Fort William Henry, Fort Niagara
Places - Boston, New Orleans, Albany, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Montreal

2. Color the following:
Red - relocation site for Acadians
Yellow - first location of the Acadians
Black Line - around the French holdings before the Treaty of Paris
Blue - Spanish portion of former French holdings
Green - British portion of former French holdings

*Don't forget you can study for the test using the flash cards on Quizlet.*