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Practice & Review: Monday, 10/171. Which French nobleman served at his own expense as a general on Washington’s staff? The Marquis de Lafayette2.This Prussian officer helped train the Continental Army to become an effective fighting force. Baron Friedrich von Steuben3. How did the winter of 1777-78, spent at Valley Forge, both hurt and help the Continental Army.4. Music from U.S. History: “Prelude- La Catherine”

Practice & Review: Tuesday, 10/181. About how many African Americans served

on the American side in the war including soldiers and sailors? 9,000

2. Many African Americans served in state militias except in the South. Why not the South? Southern slaveholders feared a slave uprising

3. Who led the Continental Army to victories in the West? George Rogers Clark

4. Music from U.S. History: “Ricketts Hornpipe, Fisher’s Hornpipe”

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“Washington Crossing the Delaware”- Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1851

Wednesday Write All About It 10/19Analyze this painting in a six sentence paragraph. Consider the following1. What is the name of this painting and who is the artist?2. Identify five things/people that you see.3. Identify four things

that are not accurate.4. Name two future presidents portrayed in this painting5. Why dodid you thinkthe artist created this painting?6. What isyour overallimpression of this painting?

“Washington Crossing the Delaware”- Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1851

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“Washington Crossing the Delaware”-A more accurate depiction

Practice & Review: Monday, 10/241. Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley took her

wounded husband’s artillery position firing a cannon at this battle. Monmouth

2. Name the Spanish governor of Louisiana who helped with the American cause. Bernardo de Galvez

3. How were privateers different from pirates? Privateers had the approval of a government to operate. Pirates did not.

4. Music from U.S. History: “The World Turned Upside Down”

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Practice & Review: Tuesday, 10/251. Why did continentals lose their value? The

currency was over printed.2. Why did most Native Americans side with

the British? They believed that a British victory would restrict settlement on their lands.

3. George Rogers Clark won victories in the west in what are now which two U.S. states? Illinois and Indiana

4. Why did the British believe they would have success in the south? Loyalist support was greater in the south.

Wednesday Write All About It! 10/26• “As to the history of the

revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760–1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington.”

• –John Adams, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (24 August 1815),

Write a six sentence paragraph analysis of the quote on the right. Consider the following:1. Who is the author of this quote and when was it written?2. How was it communicated and who was the recipient? 3. What does he see as the difference between the Revolution and the war?4. During which years did Revolution develop? What happened during these years?5. According the author what role did the fighting have in the Revolution?6. Do you agree or disagree with the opinion of the writer? Explain.

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Practice & Review: Thursday, 10/271. How did the fighting style of Francis Marion

confound the British? Marion used guerilla fighting tactics against the British

2. What caused Benedict Arnold to plot to turn over West Point to the British? He was angry about being overlooked by Congress for a promotion in rank.

3. Identify the American victories in northwestern South Carolina between 1778-1781? Cowpens and King’s Mountain

4. What two factors brought about the British defeat at Yorktown? The French fleet block the Chesapeake and the British were surrounded and wer besieged.