Chapter+4+Sec.+2+-+Declaring+Independance

__//**[|I signed the Declaration]DO NOW: NOV. 29. 2010**//__ //1. What does Patrick Henry mean when he says "give me liberty or give me death"?// I think he means that he was willing to fight and die for his freedom for England. The colonies are tied down and treated harshly by the British government and they want to be able to control themselves in the 13 colonies.

//2. What was Patrick Henry know for before the Revolutionary War?// He was successful lawyer and a critic of the British king and the parliment.

__//**DO NOW: NOV. 30. 2010**//__ //Q: Why might some colonist not want to go against the king in the war?// A: I think some colonist might not want to go against the king because they are scared. If the colonist loose the war against England everything will blow up in their faces. The punishments they will get for going against the king and English government will be alot more severe than the Intolerable Acts or any act they have recieved before.





[|I Signed the Declaration]



** NAME: DATE: CLASS: ** ** Living History Post-Activity **

Answer the following questions based on the information you learned from observing the two dragoon soldiers, the colonial farmer/militiaman, and the English officer. This will count as a **//quiz//** grade.

The French where involved in the war because they where allies to the colonist. They tagged up with the colonist because they both had hating the British in common. The French thought they could help the colonist beat the British then take over some of the colonists land.
 * 1) In what ways were the French involved in the war? Why?

2. What is a dragoon? How do they fight? Dragoons are French soliders and officers. They fought with swords and muskets. Also French officers where cavarly men so they fought while riding on horses.

3. List and briefly explain at least two functions of a military uniform (as seen with the two dragoon officers). The military uniforms helped show the ranks of the soliders in the military by color, badges, and shoulder pads from low ranking privates to a high ranking general. Also it shows the job of the officers and soldiers. For example the French Dragoon officers have horse hair on their helmets to show they are cavarly men, and French soldiers had wore normal hats to show their foot soldiers.

4. List four specific ways that a military uniform shows identification/rank. A. The color of the uniform helps distinguish the ranks of the soliders. For example in the British army the higher the anking the brighter the color red on the uniform. B. The shoulder pads that were wore on the shoulders showed higher ranks because they where leaders in battle and had more honor. C. The quality of the weapons are better for higher ranked soliders since they lead the army when fighting. There are more lower ranked people so they get the used and older blades. D. The hats that the soliders wear. For example the French have hats with horse hair to show they where cavarlry men. While the French foot soldiers wore regualr hats.

5. Why might a soldier not wear a wig or have long hair? What does this tell us about the quality of life back then? They would have not been able to tend to longer hair back then. They would be unable to wash their hair. Maybe everyone would end up getting lice and spread around everywhere.

6. In what ways was British military training superior to other armies? The men trained for about 12 hours a day for 365 days a year. They where taught to kill and nothing else. They had everyday to work on there skills and ability to fight. Then when the men go into battle they were prepared to fight.

7. Explain the difference between a soldier’s musket and an officer’s musket. An officers musket had better quality than a soliders musket. Also it had a longer range for shooting and may have been lighter to carry around.

8. Was it any fun being a British soldier? Use specific evidence to explain. I don’t think it was any fun. The British trained for more than 12 hours a day 365 days a week. And even though they where feared by every other army they where sacrificing alot. They would spend all their time fighting.

9. The colonial farmer/militiaman spoke of being practical and frugal (meaning not wasteful). Provide two examples of how this is true, based on what he said or by the objects he had with him. The colonist said they where low on ammunition when fighting the British. He said he had to wait to “see the whites of their eyes” until they shot the British so they could not waste any bullets. Also at first the colonist did not have uniforms to fight in, so instead they wore their normal clothes. The other armies had uniforms for their soldiers and it even ranked differently for different ranks.

__ DO NOW: DEC. 8. 2010 __
**Q:** Why do we need government? **A**: The government makes rules to keep their citizens in order. Also they help give us jobs for people to work and make money. They provide protection for the country in order to kepp people safe.


 * Summary for Declaration on wordle:** Wordle can hellp preveiw a document because it enlarges the size of the most important key terms. Like in the Declaration wordle the largest words are __//states, laws, people, government, powers, and colonies//__. That means they are probally the most important words in the declaration because they are mentiotned most frequently.