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We continued learning about the Revolutionary War today.  We will have a quiz on Wednesday, November 4th over the material we have covered.

Homework:  Study for your quiz by reviewing your questions sheet.  Complete the Revolutionary War Sites map.  Don’t forget to label Atlanta, Kennesaw, the 5 regions, Brunswick, the bordering states and rivers, and the Altamaha River.

Have a safe and fun weekend!

After our quiz today, we began working on our class timeline.  We completed 11,700 years of history!  Nice work!  We will continue to work on the Revolutionary War on Friday.

Homework: Complete questions 1-7 on the handout you received in class today.

Tell Mr. Kay:  What was the first constitution of the United States?

Have a swell evening!

After a pretest on the American Revolution, we created vocabulary flashcards.  We also began notes on the call for independence from Great Britain.

Homework:  Complete questions on page 148.  Study the vocabulary from pages 149 and 153 for your quiz on Wednesday.

Tell Mr. Kay:  What effect did the enforcement of the Navigation Act have on Georgia?

Have a great evening!

Today we learned about the taxes that King George and the British Parliament imposed on the colonies.  We also took a short quiz over the vocab words.  Review your vocabulary words for a more thorough quiz next week.  You do not have any additional homework.

Tell Mr. Kay:  What was one result of the French and Indian War?

Have a great evening!

Today we took our test on the colonization of Georgia.  After the test, we worked on the vocabulary of Chapter 5 sections 3 and 4.  Here are the words you should define:  Tories, Patriots, boycott, Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Liberty Boys, Townshend Acts, Quartering Act, Second Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, ratify, Articles of Confederation, siege, and Treat of Paris. You should use the online textbook to complete these if you were unable to finish them in class.

Homework: Define the vocabulary of Chapter 5 sections 3 and 4.

Tell Mr. Kay:  What was the hardest question on the test?

Have a great night!

We took a short quiz on colonization today after we finished our royal colony notes.  We also began completing our study guide for the test on Monday.  Remember that I will be collecting your Daily Georgia questions and answers on Monday.  You should have a total of 11 DG question sets.  Here are the questions and answers I’ll be looking for: Download Daily Georgia

Homework:  Complete the study guide and study for the test on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

Today we learned about Georgia changing from a Trustee Colony to a Royal Colony.  We will have a quiz on Thursday over the 13th Colony Questions.  Our colonization test will be Monday, October 19th.

Homework:  Review The 13th Colony questions for your quiz.

Tell Mr. Kay:  Who was the first royal governor of Georgia?

Have a fantastic evening!

We continued to work on our ad campaigns for the colony of Georgia.  We will be presenting our ads on Friday.  We will also have a DG quiz on Friday.  If you missed any of the questions, here they are: DG Quiz 3

Homework:  Study your DG questions, and complete the 13th Colony questions.   You should use the online textbook to complete these.  Your password for the textbook should be written on page 19 of your agenda.

Tell Mr. Kay:  What was the name of the ship that carried the first colonists to Georgia?

After discussing the colonization of Georgia, we continued working in our groups to design advertisements for the colony of Georgia. Each group submitted their proposals, and we will complete the ads on Wednesday. Remember to bring any materials you need for your ads to class on Wednesday.

Here is a copy of the Advertisement Memo if you need one: Ad Memo

Tell Mr. Kay: What groups of people were not allowed to colonize Georgia?

After returning the Native American tests, we began learning about mercantilism and the colonization of Georgia.  We began working in groups to learn about Oglethorpe and the Charter of 1732.  We will work on our advertisements in class on Monday.

Have a great weekend!