November 18, 2009

November 18, 2009 Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro, North Carolina, has an unusual method of raiding money. For 20 dollars students can add 10 extra points to two tests of their choice. Good idea?

Homework: Taxes – are they too high? Too low?  Who should pay taxes? Who should be able to raise taxes, or create new ones? 

Stamp Act 1765  Required a stamp be put on all printed documents  Mentioned in Roots – Kunta’s bill of sale required one 

Townshend Act Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea  1766  So unpopular the British needed to send troops 

Boston Massacre 1770  British Soldiers shot 5 civilians  The British soldiers were defended by future president John Adams 

Boston Massacre 

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6 of the soldiers were found innocent 2 were found guilty of manslaughter Symbolic Turned public opinion against King George

The Book 

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At the start of each chapter section are questions and vocabulary words The answers to the “Reading Check” questions come after the sections that contain the answers

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Textbook p. 111-118 Guide to reading questions Read the Profile on p. 113 and answer the question – is Attucks a hero? That is one of the authors of our textbook