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Should history’s opinion of Jefferson change because of the slaves he kept and his relationship with Hemings? Why or why not?

I think it already changed, it wasn't right what he did. No matter how lonely you are, you can not have an affair with your slave. If he was lonely, he should have found a good single woman or a widow. But what happened it happened, so at least he freed her and the children. I think anybody who heard this story would totally change the views and opinions that he had about Jefferson.

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3. George Washington                        
     by Jane Runyon (modified by Larry Ferlazzo)

6. Everywhere you look in America today you see some reminder of George Washington. Streets, cities, and states have been named after him. There's a beautiful monument built in his memory in Washington, D.C. Every one dollar bill carries a picture of our first president. 

4. He was born on February 22, 1732.  When George turned eleven, his father died. George was sent to live with his half-brother Lawrence. George learned many things while living with Lawrence. His brother was in the militia. The military then became part of his life. Lawrence owned a plantation. George learned the secrets of being a good farmer by helping him. He studied to become a surveyor. He helped mark property lines for new farms and roads.

5. George became a soldier during the French and Indian War. He proved himself a leader in the British army. When Lawrence died suddenly, George left the military to take over his brother's plantation. Mount Vernon became the focus of his life. He married Martha Custis and became a farmer.

1. The colonists were feeling the sting of King George's taxes. They did not like being taxed without having a say in what was going on. They decided to fight.

7. George Washington was asked to take charge of the unorganized local militias. He turned them into an army strong enough to face the awesome British force. He was named Commander in Chief of the Continental army. He led the army through five years of battles. He was present for the surrender of the British army at Yorktown in 1781.

8. Washington's plan was to retire to his home at Mount Vernon after the Revolutionary War. This plan was short lived. In 1789, the congress of the nation needed a leader to pull all the parts together. George Washington was the man they chose to be the first President of the United States. He again accepted the role of leader.

2. He and Martha spent the next eight years in New York City, the first American capital. He helped Congress and the people set up a foundation for the government still standing today.

 Childhood

      1.     Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.

2.     After working in his brother’s printing shop as a boy, Franklin became a printer.

He was born in a huge family, he was a 15th child in his house.

Franklin's Work

3.     Franklin published his own newspaper called the Poor Richards Almanac.

4.     Franklin started the first hospital in Philadelphia.

5.     Franklin started a school in Philadelphia.

6.     Franklin started the first public library in Philadelphia.

8.     In 1765 Franklin spoke to British parliament about the Stamp Act in the colonies.

10.  Franklin asked France to send help to America to help the American’s to win the Revolutionary War.

12.  Benjamin Franklin had many jobs in his life; he was an author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, and inventor.

He was one of the members of the Declaration Committeeand he was helping to gain support for the American Colonies. 

He helped to negotiate the Treaty of Paris with England.

Franklin's Inventions/what is he famous for

7.     Franklin became famous for discovering electricity by using a kite and a key.

9.     Franklin worked with Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.

11.  Franklin helped write new laws for America called the Constitution.

13.  Benjamin Franklin invented Bifocals.

 14.  Near the end of his life, Franklin became an abolitionist, someone who was against slavery.

He invented the Franklin Stove and made the first maps of Gulf Stream.

Franklin gained his reputation for wearing a coonskin cap.

Think of time you stopped doing something even though you wanted to keep on doing it. What was it, and what made you stop?

I wanted to watch a movie, but I have to stop it in order to do chores or homework. My parents made me stop.

Now try to put yourself in the mind of an American colonist who had slaves hundreds of years ago.  Then try to put yourself in the mind of someone who has slaves today.

If you were one of them, what do you think would have to happen in order to make you stop having slaves and why?

If I would have slaves and to stop me from having slaves, the government would have to make a law that would say that having slaves is illegal and if the government would pay me money for letting slaves go.

Slavery Cloze #1

A slave is forced work for someone else. Slaves are owned by their masters. Slavery did not begin in America. Slavery has been around for a very long time. The Bible tells of people captured during war. They became ___slaves__ to the people that captured during the war. They became ___slaves___ to the people that captured them.  Very early slaves became house servants to their masters. More __women___ than man were taken as slaves in the early years.

Slaves

Masters

Work

Women

Slavery Data Cloze #2

Scientists have found signs of ___slavery___ as far back in history as 3000 B.C. These signs were found in Mesopotamia. Egyptians used slave labor to build the pyramids. China had slaves in 206 B.C. Early Greeks and Romans let their slaves do their __work__ for them. Tribes in __Africa___ used their captives as slaves. Slave trade was conducted up and down the Nile River. Slave traders would trade humans for perfumes, cloth, and ___spices___. These products were hard to find in the western part of Africa.

Spices

Work

Africa

Slavery

Slavery Cloze #3

The west coast of Africa became known as the Slave Coast. Powerful African __Kings___ began to trade with Europeans. In the 1500’s Portugal, Spain, France, and England all wanted to be part of the slave trade. England’s strong navy helped them to take control of the slave trading in the ___Atlantic___ Ocean. At first Europeans tried to make the Native Americans into slaves, but they died from the many __disease___ that the Europeans brought to America, so they began using Africans for ___slaves__.

Diseases

Slaves

Atlantic

Kings

Slavery Cloze #4

As the Europeans moved farther inland, the need for ___slave__ labor increased. The Spanish and Portuguese started ___colonies___ in what is today Brazil and Central America. The English took control of the trade routes to the north. By the middle of the 1600’s, the English began to set up a trade route that looked like a triangle. They would __buy___ slaves along the west coast of Africa, put them on their __ship___ and set sail for the islands in the Caribbean.

Slave

Ship

Buy

Colonies

Slavery Cloze #5

The trip that the __slaves___ took from Africa was called the Middle Passage. Many slaves ___died__ during this trip. They were kept in cramped quarters below the deck of the ship. The trip could last from 25-60 days. The slaves were only given rice, corn, or beans twice a day. Each slave received a little __water__ with each meal. The living areas were __dirty___. Human waste filled the area. Disease spread fast.

Water

Slaves

Dirty

Died

Slavery Cloze #6

At the end of the voyage from Africa, you would sell the __slaves__ on your ship. You would take the ___money___ you got from selling your slaves and buy rum, sugar, and molasses. You would put these things on your ship and head north. When you got to the eastern coast of the American colonies, you would stop at Boston or New York. Then, you would sell the things on your __ship__ and but wood, furniture, or guns and sail to London and start the trip over again. Many __merchants___ made this trip many times and became wealthy.

Money

Slaves

Merchants

Ship

Slavery Cloze #7

Slaves that were brought to the Caribbean Islands from __Africa___ were resold to plantation owners to work in the ___fields___ or as house servants on the islands. From the late 1700’s to the middle 1800’s, many __slaves__ were sent to the southern colonies in America to work on cotton plantations. Historians guess that up to 90,000 slaves a year were bought across the __Atlantic___ Ocean.

Atlantic

Slaves

Fields

Africa

Slavery Cloze #8

Slave traders used goods to buy slaves. In 1690, a plantation owner could __buy___ a healthy slave for about 15 pounds of goods. By 1760 the price of a healthy slave was about 45 pounds of goods. The life of a __slave__ was never easy. The things the slaves went through were many times inhumane. Slaves were separated from their __families___ and worked long hours for no pay in the fields. Many times slaves were ___beaten___ if they did not work fast enough.

Slave

Beaten

Families

Buy

Slavery Cloze #1

A slave is forced __work__ for someone else. Slaves are owned by their __masters__. Slavery did not begin in America. Slavery has been around for a very long time. The Bible tells of people captured during war. They became ___slaves__ to the people that captured during the war. They became ___slaves___ to the people that captured them.  Very early slaves became house servants to their masters. More __women___ than man were taken as slaves in the early years.

Slaves

Masters

Work

Women

Slavery Data Cloze #2

Scientists have found signs of ___slavery___ as far back in history as 3000 B.C. These signs were found in Mesopotamia. Egyptians used slave labor to build the pyramids. China had slaves in 206 B.C. Early Greeks and Romans let their slaves do their __work__ for them. Tribes in __Africa___ used their captives as slaves. Slave trade was conducted up and down the Nile River. Slave traders would trade humans for perfumes, cloth, and ___spices___. These products were hard to find in the western part of Africa.

Spices

Work

Africa

Slavery

Slavery Cloze #3

The west coast of Africa became known as the Slave Coast. Powerful African __Kings___ began to trade with Europeans. In the 1500’s Portugal, Spain, France, and England all wanted to be part of the slave trade. England’s strong navy helped them to take control of the slave trading in the ___Atlantic___ Ocean. At first Europeans tried to make the Native Americans into slaves, but they died from the many __disease___ that the Europeans brought to America, so they began using Africans for ___slaves__.

Diseases

Slaves

Atlantic

Kings

Slavery Cloze #4

As the Europeans moved farther inland, the need for ___slave__ labor increased. The Spanish and Portuguese started ___colonies___ in what is today Brazil and Central America. The English took control of the trade routes to the north. By the middle of the 1600’s, the English began to set up a trade route that looked like a triangle. They would __buy___ slaves along the west coast of Africa, put them on their __ship___ and set sail for the islands in the Caribbean.

Slave

Ship

Buy

Colonies

Slavery Cloze #5

The trip that the __slaves___ took from Africa was called the Middle Passage. Many slaves ___died__ during this trip. They were kept in cramped quarters below the deck of the ship. The trip could last from 25-60 days. The slaves were only given rice, corn, or beans twice a day. Each slave received a little __water__ with each meal. The living areas were __dirty___. Human waste filled the area. Disease spread fast.

Water

Slaves

Dirty

Died

Slavery Cloze #6

At the end of the voyage from Africa, you would sell the __slaves__ on your ship. You would take the ___money___ you got from selling your slaves and buy rum, sugar, and molasses. You would put these things on your ship and head north. When you got to the eastern coast of the American colonies, you would stop at Boston or New York. Then, you would sell the things on your __ship__ and but wood, furniture, or guns and sail to London and start the trip over again. Many __merchants___ made this trip many times and became wealthy.

Money

Slaves

Merchants

Ship

Slavery Cloze #7

Slaves that were brought to the Caribbean Islands from __Africa___ were resold to plantation owners to work in the ___fields___ or as house servants on the islands. From the late 1700’s to the middle 1800’s, many __slaves__ were sent to the southern colonies in America to work on cotton plantations. Historians guess that up to 90,000 slaves a year were bought across the __Atlantic___ Ocean.

Atlantic

Slaves

Fields

Africa

Slavery Cloze #8

Slave traders used goods to buy slaves. In 1690, a plantation owner could __buy__ a healthy slave for about 15 pounds of goods. By 1760 the price of a healthy slave was about 45 pounds of goods. The life of a __slave__ was never easy. The things the slaves went through were many times inhumane. Slaves were separated from their __families___ and worked long hours for no pay in the fields. Many times slaves were ___beaten___ if they did not work fast enough.

Slave

Beaten

Families

Buy