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=American Revolution Online Road map=

French & Indian War
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 * The date the event occurred - 1754
 * A brief summary of what happened (include people who were there if appropriate) - The British implement a plan to defeat the French. Moncton successfully captures Fort Beausejour, Major General Edward Braddock troops are defeated in the Battle of the Monongahela, and William Johnson’s troops stop the French advance at Lake George.
 * Ideas for pictures - French and Indian with British having war.
 * Website URL's that you used - http://www.pbs.org/thewarthatmadeamerica/timeline.html

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 * Use the information above to help organize your ideas. Write 2 complete sentences for each event and your ideas for the illustrations. The Seven Years' War begins as Great Britain declares war on France expanding the North American conflict to Europe, Africa, Asia and South America.

Declaration of Independence
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 * The date the event occurred - June 4 1776
 * A brief summary of what happened (include people who were there if appropriate) - Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people.
 * Ideas for pictures - the declaration of independence
 * Website URL's that you used - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

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 * Use the information above to help organize your ideas. Write 2 complete sentences for each event and your ideas for the illustrations. Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people.

The Battle of Great Bridge
> effectively denied to the British Norfolk, the finest sea port > between New York and Charleston. >
 * The date the event occurred - December 9, 1775
 * A brief summary of what happened (include people who were there if appropriate) - In winning the battle on December 9, 1775, the Patriots
 * Ideas for pictures - the patriots and loyalist fighting ( war ).
 * Website URL's that you used - http://www.chesapeake.lib.va.us/pdfs/Hanbury-GB-Pamphlet.pdf

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> effectively denied to the British Norfolk, the finest sea port > between New York and Charleston. >
 * Use the information above to help organize your ideas. Write 2 complete sentences for each event and your ideas for the illustrations. In winning the battle on December 9, 1775, the Patriots

The Ride of Jack Jouett
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 * The date the event occurred - June 3 1781
 * A brief summary of what happened (include people who were there if appropriate) - LATE IN THE EVENING, Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton and 250 mounted British soldiers reined up near Cuckoo Tavern. The troopers were hard, dusty hours in the saddle. They had mounted before dawn at a Hanover County camp and pushed themselves more than twenty leagues across the Virginia Piedmont to this Louisa County way station. But the riding of that day—June 3, 1781—was not over.
 * Ideas for pictures - Jouett rode over 40 miles on horseback in the dark through woods to warn the men that british soliders were coming to arrest them.
 * Website URL's that you used - http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Summer06/ride.cfm

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 * Use the information above to help organize your ideas. Write 2 complete sentences for each event and your ideas for the illustrations. Before it was done, a tavern patron, putting down his drink, would gallop into the night and the history of the American Revolution, and dismount.

The American Victory at Yorktown
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 * The date the event occurred - 1781
 * A brief summary of what happened (include people who were there if appropriate) - The **Siege of Yorktown**, **Battle of Yorktown**, or **Surrender of Yorktown** in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American [|forces] led by General [|George Washington] and [|French forces]
 * Ideas for pictures -General Lord Cornwallis had swept through the South, winning battle after battle.
 * Website URL's that you used -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown

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 * Use the information above to help organize your ideas. Write 2 complete sentences for each event and your ideas for the illustrations. The British had taken Richmond and things looked bleak until England's old rival, France came to the rescue.

Patrick Henry The date the person became involved in the American Revolution - May 29, 1736
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 * A brief summary of this person's contributions during the Revolutionary War - Delivered the famous "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech. [|Listen to the speech].
 * Ideas for pictures - Give Me Liberty or Give me Death!
 * Website URL's that you used - http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohen.cfm
 * Use the information above to help organize your ideas. Write 2 complete sentences for each event and your ideas for the illustrations. Henry's work did not end with a cry for revolution. He served his country in many ways. Although Henry had no millitary experience, he served briefly as colonel of the First Virginia Regiment.

Thomas Jefferson
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 * The date the person became involved in the American Revolution - July 4, 1826
 * A brief summary of this person's contributions during the Revolutionary War - Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of his era.
 * Ideas for pictures - Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of Independence
 * Website URL's that you used -http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/brief-biography-thomas-jefferson

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 * Use the information above to help organize your ideas. Write 2 complete sentences for each event and your ideas for the illustrations. As public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades.

George Washington
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 * The date the person became involved in the American Revolution - 1753
 * A brief summary of this person's contributions during the Revolutionary War - George Washington was the leader of the patriots.
 * Ideas for pictures - Washington resigned his military commission at the end of December 1758
 * Website URL's that you used - http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biowash2.cfm

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 * Use the information above to help organize your ideas. Write 2 complete sentences for each event and your ideas for the illustrations. Washington resigned his military commission at the end of December 1758 and retired to Mount Vernon. He was defeated in election for the House of Burgesses in 1755, but won in 1758 and was seated that year from Frederick County. For 15 years he devoted himself to his legislative work and his farm.

James Lafayette
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 * The date the person became involved in the American Revolution - October 1781
 * A brief summary of this person's contributions during the Revolutionary War - James acting for the Marquis de Lafayette, spied on Lord Cornwallis behind British lines at Yorktown. James carried vital information across enemy lines, even pretending to act as a double agent, providing the British with just enough information to gain their confidence so he could learn more to ensure an American victory.
 * Ideas for pictures - James, the slave of William Armistead, served in 1781
 * Website URL's that you used - http://www.virginiamemory.com/online_classroom/lesson_plans/manumission_petition_for_james_lafayette

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 * Use the information above to help organize your ideas. Write 2 complete sentences for each event and your ideas for the illustrations. At the beginning of the American Revolution, Lord Dunmore, the last colonial governor of Virginia, offered enslaved Virginians their freedom, provided they would come and fight for the British. While the Continental army did not offer such an incentive, slaves still joined to fight for the American cause.