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Unit 2: The American Revolution
Learning Reflection Box
A. What are you currently learning about in Social Studies? Give some examples
of what you have learned this unit.
In class right now, we have been learning about how the colonists rebelled against British rule and the journey they went through to establish independence for the United States of America.
B. What do you enjoy about this particular SS unit? Explain.
I enjoyed seeing how the colonies came together and somehow pulled off beating the world's strongest country at the time in war. I also enjoyed seeing the persistence and resillience of the colonists and how they fought until they got what they wanted.
C. What do you find challenging about this particular SS unit? Explain.
Because so many important events occured and so many people played a part in getting freedom for the United States, I found it hard remember people's names and the order in which the events occured.
D. What is something you have done well in this SS unit? Explain.
I did well in making sure I knew what everything was and when it happened. Although it was difficult I managed to learn the key people and key events from this unit.
E. What is something you would like to improve? Explain on how you plan to
make improvements.
I would like to improve on my comparison of loyalists and patriots. At the end of the unit i came out with a pretty clear understanding of their differences but I would like to go into those differences with more detail rather than keeping it vague.
This Units Essential Question: Why did the colonists rebel?
Word Wall
Boycott - in which people refuse to buy certain goods.
Unalienable Rights-What's unalienable cannot be taken away or denied.
Minute Men -parts of the militia/colonists who were able to fight in a minute without notice.
Redcoats -British Soldiers
Colony -a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
Pioneers- The first europeans to settle the frontier, they risked attacks from American Indians who resisted the settlement on their land.
Casualties- Killed,injured or captured soldiers
Back Country-a thinly populated frontier area bertween the coastal settlements and the Appalachian Mountains
Repeal - to end, or put an end/stop too.
Monarchy - a form of government with a monarch at the head
Siege - a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender.
Mercenaries - a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
Geurilla Warfare - Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare where civilans use military tatics
Militia -when civilians serve as soldiers
Propoganda - information only giving one side of the argument
Patriots - colonists against the british crown
Loyalists - colonists/soldiers with the british crown.
Taxation- the levying of tax.
Representation - the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented.
Revolution- a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.
Learning Log
The colonist rebelled for many reasons. One being that they wanted the crazy laws and taxes of England to be gone. England taxed their tea, their paper and more and most colonists were sick of it. The heart of the revolution was in Boston where there was tension between the Patriots and the Loyalists. The Patriots rebelled against England while the Loyalists supported the crown and stuck by them. One of the Patriots most popular method was the boycott, where they stopped buying goods from England in order to suffer their economy. Overall, the colonist mainly rebelled because of their hope for freedom and to be able to get rid of some of the taxes England was laying on them. They had no idea at the time that they were capable of gaining independence.
