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Chris Barnes

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  • yankee doodle was a name that the british gave the american soilders this name was a name that was supposed to be an insult because back in those times a doodle was a name for a loser and hence the song yankee doodle
  • minutemen were soilders that were able to get ready in minutes notice
  • benjamin was usually considered a player in france
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  • lafayette is a person who is french and served under george washington george saw him as a son inside the army
  • francis marion was a guerrilla force leader who was one of the best at what he did and his nickname was the swamp fox
  • the dumbwaiter was a device that Thomas Jefferson created
  • top general of british army
  • thomas jefferson also created the swivel chair the chair that people use when they sit down in front of the computer this invention was built in the 1700's he made amazing inventions that many people love and were astounded by
  • thomas also created the dumb waitor a device that makes it so you do not have to go all the way down stairs to get food or someone does not have to go up when someone is talking about something personal you place food on woode board then you pull string until it reaches the top it sort of worked like a pulley elevator
  • this document was made by a few of the founding fathers
  • thomas jefferson wrote the whole thing in one day and benjamin franklin fixed all the mistakes that thomas made when he wrote it
  • john adams was a lawyer and he was one of the best he also lived in massachussetts and which was most important he was one of the founding fathers of the united states of america and helped create the declaration of independence
  • john adams helped out the british army captain when he was sued for murdering people that were innocent. when they actually were guilty because the forced them to shoot at them because they were saying shoot
  • george realizes how horrible the king and parliament can be so he decide to be a patriot and so did john adams
  • the american revolution is where the people of the american colonies rebelled against the british army and there was a lot of problems happening in the colonies ever since it started and plenty of things changed if the war did not happen we would still be under british rule
  • this is a high rank inside an army
  • were people who voulentered for the army and they were not trained soilders
  • george washington fought this battle and won
  • yankee doodle was a name that the british gave the american soilders this name was a name that was supposed to be an insult because back in those times a doodle was a name for a loser and hence the song yankee doodle
  • molly pitcher,(well the first one at least) was named mary hays but she was named that because for one everyone with the named mary was usually named molly and second the used to say hey molly, pitcher teller her to get a pitcher of water. after her husband was wounded in battle while loading cannons she started to load the cannons for support
  • he was a british officer he was a very evil person and he did not follow the rules of war, everything he did was mean and brutal
  • afayette is a person who is french and served under george washington george saw him as a son inside the army
  • lafayette wanted to serve the continental army under the command of washington because he thought that he was a great commander
  • he was a british officer he was a very evil person and he did not follow the rules of war, everything he did was mean and brutal
  • molly pitcher,(well the first one at least) was named mary hays but she was named that because for one everyone with the named mary was usually named molly and second the used to say hey molly, pitcher teller her to get a pitcher of water. after her husband was wounded in battle while loading cannons she started to load the cannons for support
  • benjamin was usually considered a player in france
  • ben franklin was a person who had many talents and was one of the most greatest speakers of the time. he could almost do anything he even invented electricity. you could even say that he was the hue heffner of his time meaning he got all of the women because they all adored him
  • hessian soilders were german mercenaries
  • paul revere was a silversmith and he was a member of the sons of liberty and the most famous thing he said was "the british are coming, the british are coming"!
  • minutemen were soilders that were able to get ready in minutes notice
alize mcghee

Whipping of Slaves - 0 views

  • The law provided slaves with virtually no protection from their masters. On large plantations this power was delegated to overseers. These men were under considerable pressure from the plantation owners to maximize profits. They did this by bullying the slaves into increasing productivity.
    • alize mcghee
       
      in the movie they showed how & why they all getting whiped .
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    this link will tell you about the whites wiping the slaves , and also shows a picture of a slaves back after he got wiped ,
Samuel Melendez

Ku Klux Klan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 3 views

    • x3  aLiysha snipeS♥
       
      They always wore white. They were dressed like ghost.
  • Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as The Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present right-wing[2] US organizations.
    • Kevin Rodriguez
       
      They were a white group who were racist. They didnt like anyone who wasnt there race.
    • Samuel Melendez
       
      It was also kno ass a spiritual clan. There was also ku klucks klan members heading catholic churches
  • The first Klan was founded in 1865 in Tennessee by veterans of the Confederate Army.
    • Kevin Rodriguez
       
      The first klan member was made in 1865 in Tennessee by the veterans of the Confederate Army.
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  • Klan groups spread throughout the South as an insurgent movement after the war. As a secret vigilante group, the Klan reacted against Radical Republican control of Reconstruction by attempting to restore white supremacy by threats and violence, including murder, against black and white Republicans.
    • Kevin Rodriguez
       
      The klan spreaded out to the south, to the movement of the war. A serect vilgilante was reacted. The Radical Republican controlled the Reconstruction.
  • In 1915, the second Klan was founded
    • Kevin Rodriguez
       
      1915 was when the second klan was made.
    • Jaylen Gibson
       
      The KKK started in 1866 to be exact by Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was the same person to stop the KKK in 1869.
    • eric rivera
       
      there were tree clans, 1st 1865-1870s, 2nd 1915-1944, 3rd since 1946
  • At its peak in the mid-1920s, the organization claimed to include about 15% of the nation's eligible population,
    • Jaylen Gibson
       
      The Klan was at it's peak in the 1920's. That isn't the original Klan because it was abolished by the same person how made it.
  • Ku Klux Klan
  • Ku Klux Klan
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    they did bad things to blacks and whites that helped the blacks. the kkk were made up of all whites.
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    formally known as the kkk were white people who basically hated anyone who was not white in earlier times they used to break into black peoples houses and kill everyone inside the home
Chris Barnes

Dred Scott v. Sandford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

    • Isaiah Quintana
       
      He Lost The Case For His Freedom And The Slaves
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford,[1] 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857), commonly referred to as The Dred Scott Decision, was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that
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    Dred Scott v. Sandford
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