American Revolution Perspectives by Andrew Lai https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz en-us 2020-02-14 13:57:07 UTC 2020-02-14 15:05:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Non-fiction alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445579496 King Louis XVI was the King of France during the American Revolution. He at first hesitated to join the war but when Americans looked like it was going to win they joined in hopes of weaken the British and keeping their colonies in the West Indies safe."

“Louis, however, convinced by Vergennes that Anglo-American reconciliation might threaten its valuable West Indies colonies, decided to assist the Americans minimally.”

“His goals were to exhaust the English and to keep the Americans involved in their differences with England, providing a small amount of aid that would keep them engaged in the conflict without developing American resentment toward the French.”


]]> 2020-02-14 13:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445579496 Historical-fiction alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445579891 In the book “Forge” Curzon is a runaway slave who decided to join the army at the age of 15.He plays part in a battle by becoming a soldier and trying to shoot British soldiers with his musket.He was kinda forced to join by his friend but decided to join because of the promise of food,clothes, and money.He wanted to hide his past of being a slave so no one would find out he ran away.

”What’s your name, lad?”Um…..”I stammered.I needed a name with no connection to me or my father or the family that had owned us.”His name is Curzon.”Eban said.

”Your regular pay will be twenty shillings a month

"Forge" by Laurie Halse Anderson
]]> 2020-02-14 13:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445579891 Historical-fiction alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445580397 Sophia worked as a housewife in the British headquarters and spied on British soldiers, eventually finding out that Benedict Arnold was going to hand over West Point to the British. So she took action and prevented West Point from being taken over.  


]]> 2020-02-14 14:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445580397 Non-fiction alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445580693 Crispus Attucks was a slave who succeeded in escaping from his slave master. Later he during the Boston Massacre he was at the front fighting the British and was supposedly the first shot.

“Attucks was one of those at the front of the fight amid dozens of people, and when the British opened fire he was the first of five men killed.”

"His murder made him the first casualty of the American Revolution."


]]> 2020-02-14 14:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445580693 Non-fiction alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445581046 Grimaldi was the Spain’s minister during the American Revolution. He helped by giving the French and the Colonists money and equipment for the war in return for land and to weaken the British.

“Grimaldi and Floridablanca provided enough equipment and money to the weaker American side to keep the war going.” 

“Grimaldi delivered one million French livres, along with instructions to use the money to arm the American rebels, to Beaumarchais.”


]]> 2020-02-14 14:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445581046 Non-fiction alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445581893 In 1781, Deborah Sampson Gannett dressed as a male during the American Revolution so that she could become a soldier and fight for her country.In Middleborough she entered herself to join the army under the name Timothy Thayer but her identity was discovered. She walked from Middleborough to New Bedford and entered herself again but as Robert Shurtliff.She got shot in the leg in war and the doctor discovered her gender.

"In 1782, as the Revolutionary War raged on, the patriotic Sampson disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtleff and joined the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment." 

"She led a raid on a Tory home that resulted in the capture of 15 men."


]]> 2020-02-14 14:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445581893 Historical-fiction alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445582117 Nathaniel was a slave who got rescued and is now working as a carriage maker. But he joined the infantry when his master did too and fought in the war as a drummer boy.


]]> 2020-02-14 14:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445582117 Non-fiction alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445582370 Chief Black Hoof fought against whites in almost every war, from the French and Indian war in 1756, to the battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.In 1795 he signed the First Treaty of Greenville and became a supporter of the American government  after meeting Thomas Jefferson in 1802.

"Allied with the French, Black Hoof was present at the defeat of Edward Braddock during the French and Indian War."

"He did fight at the Battle of Fallen Timbers and represented the Shawnee at the signing of the Treaty of Greenville."


]]> 2020-02-14 14:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445582370 Non-fiction alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445582707 Captain Thomas Preston heard that 2 of his troops were attacked by colonists and the plan was for them to capture a soldier who was guarding a sentry post and kill him.A soldier was hit with a stick and someone yelled fire, so he fired.This caused the Boston Massacre and Captain Thomas Preston claims it was not him who gave the order to fire.

"some persons at the time from behind calling out . . . why don’t you
fre. Instantly three or four of the soldiers fred, one afer another"

"While I was thus speaking,
one of the soldiers having received a severe blow with a stick, stepped a little on one side and instantly fired"


]]> 2020-02-14 14:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445582707 alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445593291 2020-02-14 14:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445593291 alai23 https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445599317 2020-02-14 14:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alai23/ad0ltvszm2lz/wish/445599317