Evolution of the Revolution

Olive Branch Petition: Read the document and answer the questions at the end. Consider the date and what is says about colonial sentiment towards Britain.

Slavery in the New World

Check out the video below and peruse the links to gain insight into the slave trade and the establishment of slavery in the New World.

Lecture 21: New World Slavery from Steven Volk on Vimeo.

http://0.tqn.com/d/africanhistory/1/0/6/M/SlaveryTable002.jpg

http://0.tqn.com/d/africanhistory/1/0/7/M/TriangleTrade001.jpg

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr4.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/barbados_01.shtml

http://uncpress.unc.edu/browse/page/308

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution

Summer Reading

The American Revolution: A History

by: Gordon Wood

Complete a book review and take approproate notes about the history of the American Revolution.

Here is a link to buy the book online: http://www.amazon.com/American-Revolution-History-Library-Chronicles/dp/0812970411