Weekly Planner April 13 to April 17, 2020 Fifth Grade Mrs. Pedraja

The Colonist Rebel

Main Idea: Events in Boston brought Britain and the colonies closer to war.

Theme: The Boston Massacre

Summary: Tensions had been rising in Boston since the British soldiers (Red Coats) the first arrived in 1768. Fist fights between soldiers and colonists were a common sight in the streets. So on the night of March 5, 1770, the city was ready to explode when angry colonists surrounded Hugh White and his fellow soldiers, the soldiers panicked. They fired into the crowd, killing five people.

The event became known as the BOSTON MASSACRE. A massacre is the killing of many people who cannot defend themselves. One the victims was Crispus Attucks. On the night of the shooting, he had to the scene or the protest.

Crispus Attucks was one of the victims of the Boston Massacre. Born into slavery. Attucks escaped slavery at age 27 began working a sailor.

The British soldiers defend in the court by John Adams .

This picture published in the newspaper in 1770, shows an original fron the Boston Massacre.

Theme: Committees of Correspondence

Summary: Samuel Adams formed a Committee of Correspondence in Boston in 1772. Members of these committees corresponded, or wrote to each other, about local events. The letters were delivery by “express riders” on fast horses. Important rider was a silversmith named PAUL REVERE. He could make a trip from Boston to New York and back in about a week.

Paul Revere

Paul Revere warned the colonists that the British (Red Coats) were advancing for kill the people.

Theme: Boston Tea Party

Summary: In December 16, members of Sons of Liberty (British) disguised themselves as Mohawks. They rowed out to the British ships shouting “Boston Harbor a teapot tonight”. They boarded the ships, chopped open the chests of a tea with axes, and dumped the tea into the harbor. This became known Boston Tea Party. Tea is the most important product.

Theme: George Washington (before president)

Summary: George Washington was chosen to command the Continental Army (Colonists) during the Revolutionary war. As a young man, he learned the skills that later helped him to become a strong military leader. He was a British but he betrayed them and joined the colonists to win the war.

Washington used wore hair wig (pelúca de pelo)

Curiosity of George Washington:

This set of Washington’s false teeth was carved from walrus or hippopotamus teeth.

Home Works( Remember; Bring to me for email).

I Match each word with correct definition or description. (10 points)

_____1. parliament a) volunteer armies

_____2. repeal b) refusal to buy goods

_____3.tariff c) tax on imported goods

_____4. boycott d) cancel

_____ 5. militias e) Britain’s lawmaking assembly

II Complete the Word Search. (Used highlighter) ( 24 points)

III Realize one comic of this lessons. (10 points)

Example:

Name: Group:Tittle: