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Transcript of Welcome to 8 th Grade U.S. History Mr. Hughes. Current Events (Set 7) 1. “ Villain not a Hero:...
Welcome to 8th Grade
U.S. HistoryMr. Hughes
Current Events (Set 7)1. “Villain not a Hero: Seattle City Council
Replaces Columbus Day 2014 with Indigenous Peoples Day.”
City sites negative effects of Columbian Exchange on Native Americans: disease, slavery and Christianization.
Unintended consequences? His voyages did spark a great age of trans-Atlantic exploration
Italian Americans
Old WorldNew World
Current Event #22. “Change of Identity? Students Petition SDSU
President to Drop Aztecs Name & Warrior Mascot.”Resolution claims references are racist stereotypes
that portray Native Americans as violent & savage.
University changed mascot 10 years ago after consulting with historians and Aztec groups
Current Event #33. “Search Begins for Body of King Harold, last Anglo-
Saxon King of England, at Essex Waltham Abbey Church.”Defeated at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 by William
the Conqueror, his body was allegedly dismembered.
Today is the 948th anniversary of the Normans victory & the beginning of Feudal System. Underground scan pro may prove claim that Harold survived & lived 40 years as a hermit
Current Event #44. “Greek Mystery: Dig Begins at Ancient Tomb that
may Contain Wife or Son of Alexander the Great.”Tomb is guarded by 2 stone sphinxes and 2 caryatids
(sculpted female figures) with a tiled floor mosaic.
Florence
Athenians, Spartans, Macedonians, Persians, & Romans all marched through Amphipolis
Hermes Alexander the Great
Current Event #55. “NASA Study Shows Sleeper Spaceship Could
Carry Astronauts to Mars in a Hibernation State.”Therapeutic hypothermia could induce “torpor,” a
type of artificial hibernation for 9 month long trip.
Medical method is a type of suspended animation currently used on traumatic injury patients
The Road to Revolution“Cause & Effect T-Chart”
British Actions (England) Colonists’ Reactions (America)
Sugar Act (1764)
Stamp Act (1765)
Quartering Act (1765)
Townshend Act (1767)
Writs of Assistance
Boston Massacre (1770)
Tea Act (1773)
Intolerable Acts (1774)
Committees of Correspondence
Sons of Liberty: “No taxation without Representation!”
Colonists protest Red Coats living In their homes …..( = 3rd Amend.)
Daughters of Liberty, Boycott
Trial: Red Coats not guilty (John Adams)
Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress (Phil), Militia
Smuggling…. ( = 4th Amend / Search Warrants)
Lexington (1775) Revolution: Shot Heard Around the World
13 Colonies KWL(notebook page 25)
Write 3 facts that you’ve learned about the 13 Colonies in the “L” section of the KWL
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Was the Boston Massacre Really a Massacre?
History Standard: 8.1
Captain Preston - Redcoat Robert Goddard - Colonist
Defense Witness Testimony Prosecution Witness Testimony
DBQ: Was the Boston Massacre Really a Massacre?
Analysis Document “C” - Paul Revere, “The Bloody Massacre in King-Street, March 5, 1770.
19th Century adaption of Crisups Attucks death in The Boston Massacre
Analysis Document “D” – Newspaper article, “Four Coffins of Men Killed in the Boston Massacre,” March
12, 1770.
Document “C” Document “D”