Transcript American Revolution - Burke County Public Schools

People of the
American Revolution
Curator’s
Offices
The British
Heroes and Heroines
Traitors
Founding Fathers
Key Founding
Fathers
Museum Entrance
Curator’s
Office
Mrs. Bolinger’s Classes
Students in Mrs. Bolinger’s ELA
classes have spent several
weeks immersed in reading,
researching and writing about
progression of events during the
American Revolution. Students
were captivated with the
information they gathered from
independent reading and
integrated studies in their
language arts classes.
As a finale to their studies they
researched and wrote short
biographies of famous
revolutionary war characters.
The students, then, created a
virtual museum in their honor.
We hope that you and your
students will enjoy reading and
become as interested in the
American Revolution as we did.
Template from Christy Keeler, PhD.
Resources
www.wikipedia.org
http://academickids.com/encyclopedia
http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/
http://rs7.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr046.html
http://www.abigailadams.org/
http://www.africawithin.com/bios/crispus_attucks.htm
http://www.americancivwar.com/
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa
http://www.britannica.com/
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com
http://www.factmonster.com/
http://www.famousamericans.net
http://www.firstladies.org/
http://www.infoplease.com/
http://www.libertyskids.com/
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt054.html
http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/overview.html
http://www.nycgovparks.org/
http://www.patriotresource.com
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/index.html
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy
http://www.school.eb.com/elementary/
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/patriots/general-horatio-gates.htm
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/
http://www.thenathanhalefoundation.org/
http://www.ushistory.org/
http://www.whitehouse.gov
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Hildebran Elementary School 5th grade teacher, Debra Bolinger
and instructional technology specialist, Ashlyn DeWitt.
Founding Fathers – Room 1
Room 1
Artifact
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Patrick Henry
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
Founding
Fathers Room 2
Main
Lobby
Founding Fathers – room 2
Room 1
Baron
von Stueben
Thomas Paine
Marquis
de Lafayette
Founding
Fathers 1
John Hancock
Main
Lobby
Heroines and Heroes -1
Room 2
Mary “Molly Pitcher”
Hays
Betsy Ross
Abigail Adams
Margaret Corbin
Heroines &
Heroes 2
Main
Lobby
Heroines and Heroes -2
Room 2
Nathaneal
Greene
Nathan Hale
Crispus Attucks
Horatio Gates
1 Heroines
& Heroes
Main
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Heroines
& Heroes 3
Heroines and Heroes - 3
Room 1
Francis Marion
William Moultrie
John Paul Jones
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& Heroes
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The British
Room 3
Charles
Cornwallis
King George III
Main
Lobby
A Traitor
Room 4
Benedict Arnold
Main
Lobby
Key Founding Fathers 1
Room 5
Benjamin
Franklin
John Jay
Thomas
Jefferson
John Adams
Main
Lobby
Key Founding
Fathers 2
Key Founding Fathers 2
Room 5
James Madison
Alexander
Hamilton
George
Washington
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Fathers
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Lobby
Samuel Adams
On September 27, 1722 a famous rebel, patriot,
and politician was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
This famous rebel, patriot, and politician was Samuel
Adams. Samuel Adams was on the list of
distinguished alumni in his school, Boston Latin
School. At only 14 years old, Samuel was enrolled in
Harvard College, which is a very prestigious college.
“The father of the American Revolution” was a
nickname of Samuel Adams. Samuel was one of the
56 people that signed the Declaration of
Independence. He was also part of a secret society
called The Sons of Liberty. Samuel was also a
lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. On the
dreadful day of October 2, 1803, beloved rebel,
patriot, and politician Samuel Adams lost his life.
“Natural” or “old age” could describe this dreadful
death. Samuel Adams will always be a great part of
history.
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Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry was born on May 29, 1730 in
Studley, Virginia. Patrick went to king`s collage in
Berdeen. Patrick had very little education, but Patrick
began to study law. Patrick is known for his “give me
liberty or give me death” speech. He was also one of
the founding fathers of the United States. Along with
Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he was
remembered as one of the most influential radical
advocates of the American Revolution and
republicanism. Patrick then died on June 6 1799 at
the age of 63 he was suffering from stomach cancer
so he took a dose of mercury to kill himself.
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Paul Revere
Paul Revere was born on January 1, 1735, in Boston,
Massachusetts. He changed his name from De
Revoire to Revere. He had learned to be a silversmith
from his father. His father died when he was only
nineteen. He rode his horse near Boston to warn
people the British were coming. He was also in a
special club called, The Sons of Liberty. They were
people who thought the British laws were unfair and
unkind. He successfully warned the people of
Lexington that the British were coming. He was also
one of the best silversmiths that there ever was. He
died on May 10, 1818, of old age. He was 83 years
old when he died.
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Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette was born on September6,
1757, born in Chavaniac, France. His real name is
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier.
He entered the college du Plessis, a school for
boys.
When he was old enough he join the
Revolutionary war. They made him major general.
He defeated Lord Cornwallis end ended the war.
He was also in
three Revolutionary wars.
After the war he helped write the Declaration of
the rights of man and of the citizens. After all that
he became a farmer.
Lafayette died on May 6, 1834 in Paris.
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Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was born on January 29,
1737. He was born at Thetford, England.
His education was that he spent a short
time in school and apprenticed as a corset
maker. Thomas Paine’s roll of the American
Revolution was important. His powerful
words he wrote made many people from
the American colonist to join the fight
against the British. Thomas Paine had
many accomplishments. He wrote the
pamphlet Common Sense in 1776. He
wrote a series of pamphlets entitled The
Crisis during the American Revolution. And
wrote Rights Of Men from 1791-2. Thomas
Paine died of poor health on June 8, 1809
in New York City.
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Baron Von Steuben
Baron Von Steuben was a German boy and was
born September 17, in Magdeburg. He was a much
respected man and was good and smart in school.
Although, he was only 16 when he decided to quit
school and become an officer in the Prussian war. He
also became a Prussian aristocrat, inspector general,
and was a major general in the continental army.
Baron Von Steuben had many accomplishments. He
was a member of an infantry unit, wrote the
Revolutionary War drill manual and taught the
continental army the essentials of military drill and
discipline. The only problem was that he died
November 28, 1794 as an old bachelor.
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John Hancock
John Hancock was born in Braintree,
Massachusetts in 1773 January, 23. He graduated
Harvard and Minister and Mary Hauke. He graduated
from Harvard in 1754. He was the first to sign the
constitution. He helped the Americans
in the war by giving them money for the American
cause. He also was elected president of continental
congress. He was a very wealthy Boston merchant.
He became the first governor of Massachusetts
serving nine terms .He liked to write his signature
really big and bold.1763 Hancock became a business
man. John Hancock died October8 1793 in his office.
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Margaret Corbin
Margaret Corbin was born on November 12, 1751. She was
born near Hambersburg, Pennsylvania. She became an
orphan at a young age.
In the American Revolution she was a comp follower and
loaded and fired cannons. She was severely wounded
during the war.
Her accomplishments where the first woman to be paid
pension by the U.S. Also she was the first woman to be
wounded on the battlefield fighting.
She died in the 1800s. Died prior to her 50th birthday.
She died near West Point, NY.
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Mary “Molly Pitcher” Hays
Mary “Molly Pitcher” Hays was born in New Jersey,
in the year of 1754. Mary Hays didn’t go to school
and never learned to read. When she went with her
husband into war, she loaded and fired cannons. Also
she brought pitcher after pitcher of water to any
soldier who needed it.
Mary “Molly Pitcher” Hays earned the rank of
sergeant in the continental army after the war she
bravely fought a Monmouth. Sadly Mary Hays died of
old age on January 22, 1832. She was buried in
Pennsylvania next to the Molly Pitcher Inn. The Molly
Pitcher Inn was dedicated to her, and has many
visitors today.
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Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross or Elizabeth Griscom was born
January 1, 1752 .She was the 8th of 17 children.
She was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .Her
education was provided by a public Quaker
school. In school she learned the trade of sewing
.
George Washington asked Betsy Ross to sew the
American flag .After the revolutionary war she
continued to make American flags . During the
revolutionary war she ran and owned a shop .
She was married 3 times . She married John
Ross, Joseph Ashburn, and John Claypool.
Betsy had 5 daughters in her last marriage. In her
second marriage she had Zillah who died at 9
months old. All of these men died in a situation of
war. On January 30, 1836 she followed them and
died in Philadelphia at the age of 84.
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Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams was born on November 11, 1744. She was
born in Weymouth .Her parents named her Abigail Smith
Adams. Abigail did not go to school but did receive good
education at home. When she was old enough to go to
college women couldn’t go to school. When the revolutionary
war was going on her husband and was somewhere else at
the time and they wrote letters back and forth. She
complained about the tax and politics. She expressed her
feelings to the government and they made some changes.
Like she told them how slavery was evil and there should
have never been slavery to start with. People loved how she
could express her feelings to make changes. People
rewarded her because she made changes in the world. She
died on October 28,1818 of typhoid fever. When she died
she was buried beside her husband in a crypt located in the
United First Parish Church (also known as the church o f
presidents) graveyard. Not only did people honor her but her
six children honored her too.
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Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates was born in 1728, in Malden Essex
County, England. He was an only child and received
a fair education. He joined the military in 1745 when
he was 17 years old. He was a patriot in the
American Revolution. He was the commanding officer
of the American force that retreated from the
recaptured Fort Ticonderoga, and he was in
command at the pivotal battle of Saratoga. Some of
his accomplishments were, after defeating the British;
he was appointed president of the board of war.
During the Battle of Camden, he covered 170 miles in
three days on horseback. He also was elected a New
York State Legislature in 1800. He died on April 10,
1806, in New York City.
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Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was born on July 27th; 1742.His
family lived near they early settlers in Rhode Island.
He had only little education but learned how to read
really good. One of the books to read was the Holy
Bible .He liked to read books about wars. Because of
his knowledge about wars he was able to enlist in the
Revolutionary War.
He was a very trusted general and was later made
commander. He was ranked a major general and then
a Brigadier general. Greene learned how to be a
blacksmith and how to mill. Also, he helped with the
first public school. Unfortunately, on June 19th, 1786
he was meeting with his friends when he got struck by
some violent sun rays and died. Even though his
death was fatal, he is still remembered and he played
a big role in the Revolutionary War.
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Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale was born on June 6, 1755 into a family of
12 kids. He was he the sixth child of Richard and
Elizabeth Hale. The Hale’s family home was on a farm in
Coventry, Connecticut.
When Nathan was 14 he went to college, as most boys
did at that age. He went to Yale and wanted to be a
schoolteacher. Nathan learned quickly and graduated at
the age of only 16 years old!
Nathan was an undercover Dutch schoolmaster.
Nathan had got information on the British troops
movements. He had served in the militia in the early
days of war. He also volunteered for surveillance activity
of the British troops.
Nathan became part of a fighting group called the
Rangers after capturing a very large supply of loaded
ships. Nathan again volunteered to accept Washington’s
request to obtain information on the British position.
Nathan had obtained information about the British
position. As he was going to tell the Sons of Liberty he
was captured. Since he was out of uniform he was hung
as a spy. He was only 21 years of age when this
happened.
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Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks was born in 1723 in a Natick Indian
settlement. His birth place is unknown, but his
ancestors were native to Africa. The education of this
beloved hero is confusing, and he could have been
home schooled. Otherwise, he grew up in a native tribe
and later became a slave. He soon escaped and became
a hero. Standing up for your privileges is a tough
choice, but this man did it! He was known as an African
American hero by standing up for his own rights.
On March 5th, 1770 came a perilous Boston massacre.
Between 9:00-10:00 on a starry night, two men were
talking about wanting their rights to be free. Then the
British man shot our speech giver and the fight began.
When Attucks heard about this, he came to the front of
the battle. All the nine British soldiers fired up their rifles
and sadness broke out. Crispus was shot by two bullets
and was the first of five men to lose their lives. Later in
life, he had an honorable celebration and had a statue of
him waiting in Boston. Now everyone could learn about
the man who exchanged his life for the freedom and the
rights to have an independent life.
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John Paul Jones
Who is John Paul Jones? Well, he was born July 6th,
1747, not far from Scotland. After he was born he was
named John Paul and he added the Jones later. John
went to school only until he was 12 years of age. The
name of the school was Kirkbean School. He began to
fight in the Revolutionary War in his late 20’s. He sided
with the rebels and destroyed and captured many enemy
ships. John also fought and won a battle with the British
ship Serapis in one of the most famous sea battles in
history. Other than fighting in the Revolutionary War, he
had other accomplishments, such as his first job at age
12 in which he was to work on ships that carried goods
for trade. By 1766 at age 21 he had sailed as far as North
America and Jamaica. After all his adventures he retired
to live in Paris, France. Not long after he died on July
18th, 1792.
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Francis Marion
Francis Marion was a great war militia leader. He was
born at Berkley County, South Carolina, 1732. He
went to regular school, but not college. Francis’ rank
was one of the highest, Brigadier General. His
nickname was the “Swamp Fox” because he was
never caught and he hid in the swamps. Francis
Marion died on
February 26, 1795.
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William Moultrie
William Moultrie was born on November 23, 1730 in
England (exact month and date of birth not known). He
was moved to South Carolina at a young age. His
education is not known. He was a Patriot and a Major
General in the Revolutionary War .Some of his
accomplishments were being awarded the rank of
Brigadier-General in the Continental Army. He also
became the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. His
first term as governor occurred post-Declaration of
Independence but prior to adoption of the U.S.
Constitution and South Carolina's statehood. He was
elected governor once again by the state legislature. He
then served briefly as a South Carolina state senator. He
was a member of the Provincial Congress of South
Carolina from 1775 to 1783, a member of the South
Carolina House of Representatives in 1783.He died in
September 27, 1805.
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King George III
King George III or George Frederick was born on
May 24, 1738 in London, England. He became king
after his grandfather died in 1760. When George was
young, he didn’t go to school. He was tutored by
bishops. When he was older he imposed the Stamp
Act. King George suffered from insanity. He died on
January, 29, 1820 but he was king from( 1738- 1820).
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Charles Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis was born in Suffolk, England
on December 31, 1738. He went to college at Eton
and Clare College in Cambridge. He also went to
military academy in Turin, Italy. He accomplished a
lot in the time he lived in. In the war, he was a major
general and lieutenant. Cornwallis participated in
the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. He voted
against the Declaratory Act which led into the war.
Charles was a Loyalist. He did not accomplish this.
Charles Cornwallis surrendered to the patriots on
October 19 of 1781. On October 5, 1805 he died in
Ghazipur, India because he had a fever.
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Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1741in
Norwich, Connecticut. His mother was Hannah
Waterman King a wealthy widow before her marriage
to the elder Arnold . He went to school at Canterbury
but because of money he was withdrawn from school.
After he was withdrawn he became an apprentice to
his cousin’s apothecary business. Benedict was a
brilliant, victorious leader during the American
Revolution. Also he played a pivotal role at the battle
of Saratoga in New York and helped capture Fort
Ticonderoga. Even though he was given command
over West Point he later was considered a traitor
because he proposed handing West Point to the
British. When he was 60 years old ,he died in relative
obscurity on June 14,1801. His grave is located at St.
Mary ‘s Church in London, England.
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John Adams
On October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts
John Adams was born. John began in a common
school in Braintree. He went to Harvard College, and
graduated at the age of 20, in 1755. He served in the
Continental Congress and during the Revolutionary
War he worked with Holland and France negotiating
treaties. Keeping America out of war with France and
normalize relations between the two countries was
John’s major accomplishment. John also became a
lawyer. He served in the Massachusetts legislature
from 1770-74. John Adams was the first vice
president of the United States from 1789-1797. He
also helped with the draft of the Declaration of
Independence. On July 4, 1826 in Massachusetts,
John Adams died at the age of 90. He died exactly 50
years after the Declaration of Independence. After
John Adams died, his son, John Quincy Adams was
president of the United States.
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Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts
on January 17, 1706. Ben Franklin went to a Boston
Latin school when he was 8. While he was in school
he had a view of a theological career. Ben franklins
roll in the American Revolution is that he signed the
three documents that established the United States.
One of the documents was the constitution .The other
one was the peace treaty of the United States. The
last one was the Declaration of Independence. Ben
Franklin was a inventor and a scientist. He invented
the Franklin stove, the Medical Catheter, the lightning
rod and the swim fins. He also made improvements
of the glass harmonica Ben Franklin died in April 17,
1790 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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John Jay
John Jay was born on December 12th, 1745 in New York,
New York. He was the 8th child out of 10 children. Two of
his siblings were blinded by small pox and another two
were suffering from a mental handicap disease.
He went to King’s College to become a lawyer/judge.
After going to college for that he became a lawyer clerk
for Benjamin Kissam, he also graduated in 1764.
He wrote letters to news papers to encourage people to
approve the constitution of the United States of America.
George Washington voted for him to be the 1st chief of
justice, and oddly enough he won and became the fist
chief of justice.
He was also a diplomat for Spain in 1779. Later on he
helped negotiate the treaty of Paris to great Brittan.
John Jay died May 17th, in Bedford, New York. He was
stricken by palsy probably
becaused by a stroke. (Palsy: is a conditio0n that
happens at birth, characterized by
misalignment of the eyes dues to some weakness or
paralysis of the super oblique muscle. It is still not clear
in most cases why this happens at birth). He was lying
in bed for three days dying. He wanted o be buried in rye
because that is where he
lived when he was a little boy
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was born on April, 13, 1743 in
Shadwell Virginia he got his education [and studied]
at boarding school and graduated at the college of
William and Mary. He also wrote the first draft of the
declaration of independence to help and stop the
American Revolution. He had many accomplishments
in his life. He ran against Aaron burr for president.
The score ended in a tie. Later the government chose
Thomas Jefferson to be the next president of the
United States because of his accomplishments. After
that Thomas Jefferson became the third president of
the United States. He was also elected as a legislator
in Virginia in 1769. When the United States wrote the
declaration of independence they chose Jefferson to
become the main author. Thomas Jefferson died the
same day as john Adams in July, 4, 1826. Jefferson’s
grave say’s the following; here was buried Thomas
Jefferson author of the declaration of independence
and father of the University of Virginia.
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George Washington
George Washington was born February 22, 1732
in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was home
schooled by his mother. He learned reading, writing
and arithmetic. He was good at math. Washington
was a general and the Commander in Chief of the
Continental Army during the American Revolution. He
lead the patriots to victory over the British.
Washington helped write the Constitution. He also
signed the Constitution. He was a member of the
Virginia Legislature. He was the first president of the
United States of America. Washington is known as
the Father of the United States of America.
Washington loved farming and disliked war. He
lived on his farm at Mount Vernon, Virginia. He
became very sick during one winter. When he died on
December 14th, 1799, he was placed in a tomb at Mt.
Vernon.
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James Madison
James Madison was born in Port Conway, Virginia,
on March 16, 1751. His parents were James Madison
and Eleanor Rose Conway. He graduated from the
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in
1771. He is known as the Father of the Constitution.
James also led the war of 1812. In the year 1812 he
became a U.S. Senator. In the year 1808 he became
the fourth president of the United States. Madison
died on June 28, 1836 at Montpelier. Madison was
the last Founding Father to die!
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was born January 11, 1755 in
the British West Indies. He went to school in New
Jersey and New York.
He joined the military during the American Revolution.
Hamilton served with General George Washington
from 1771 to 1781. After the war, he became a
lawyer.
Hamilton supported the United States Constitution.
He signed the Constitution on September 17th, 1787
with 38 others. From 1789-1795, he was the
Secretary of the Treasury. During the 1800
presidential election he supported Thomas Jefferson
against Aaron Burr. Aaron Burr and Hamilton
remained enemies until Burr challenged Hamilton to a
duel. Alexander Hamilton was shot by Aaron Burr
during the duel. He died the next day on July 12th
1804.
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Hamilton’s Birth Place
British West Indies