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Colonial Life
John Williams is a 17-year-old young man who has recently moved to New York, Great Britain (also known as the new world). John moved to the New World because his older brother (his elder twin), his mom, and dad all died from a serious fire. So he decided to move to new you’re in the new world to have a new start and he decided to bring his 5 brothers and sisters with him. Since his dead parents were very rich he was able to easily afford for the boat ride over and some land to live on in New York. The reason John decided to move to New York instead of one of the other colonies was that he found out that New York was a easy money making business for shipbuilders and John was very strong so he thought he would make a good shipbuilder apprentice. When John got to the new world he quickly found a fantastic shipbuilding master named George Thomas. George Thomas was one of the most famous ship builders in all of New York he had sold about 20 perfect ships to traders all over the new world. So far Johns life have been pretty hard but he is still working hard at his ship building skills and he bought a small plot of land near Mr. Thomas’s house so he is able to go to Mr. Thomas’s house early in the morning. Right now John’s younger sister Elizabeth is making breakfast, lunch and dinner and also managing the house (Elizabeth is 13 yrs old). John better than most apprentices and started building his own small ship with the help of Mr. Thomas of course, but when He finishes this boat if it sells fast then he will be done with his apprenticement. John is hoping that when he finishes this then he can teach his younger brothers and they can start making as a family company. This is my character John Williams.


 * Revolution **

Character enters the Continental army and fights in New York

Source 1:Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. //History alive!: the United States through industrialism//. Palo Alto, Calif.: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print.

Topic: The Defeat of New York Information: " On August 27, 1776 American and British armies met in Brooklyn, New York, for what promised to be a decisive battle. The Americans began their defense of the city "in high spirits." But the inexperienced Americans were no match for the British, with their greater numbers and superior training. In two days of fighting, the British lost only 377 men, while the Americans lost 1,407. (Hart 91)

The Defeat of New York was a major defeat for the Americans it made the American sprit to lower and the solders morale lower as well.

Source 2: http://www.historycentral.com/revolt/ny2.html

Topic: Defeat of New York

Information: “On August 26th, Howe's troops quietly made their way to the Jamaica pass and seized the five American guards there. The British advanced behind American lines undetected until they reached the settlement of Bedford, where they opened fire. At that point, British troops rushed through the Bedford pass. Two hundred fifty American troops, under General Stirling, were surrounded on three sides. They fought bravely, but were soon overwhelmed. American troops were forced back into Brooklyn Heights. Cornwallis did not follow-up with an immediate attack on Brooklyn Heights. Washington's advisors recommended a withdrawal before British frigates could block the East River and any available means of escape.”

Source 1: Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. //History alive!: the United States through industrialism//. Palo Alto, Calif.: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print.

Topic A Pep Talk and Surprise Victories

Information Late on December 25, 1776, Washington’s army crossed the ice-choked Delaware River in small boats. On the New Jersey Shore, Washington gave his men the password for a long night march ahead: "Victory or Death." As the Americans made their way toward Trenton, a driving Snow chilled them to the bone. Ice and rocks cut through their worn-out shoes. One officer reported to Washington that the troops' guns were too wet to fire. "Use the bayonets," the general replied.” The town must be taken.” When the Americans reached Trenton, they found the Hessians happily sleeping off their Christmas feasts. Caught completely by surprise, the mercenaries surrendered. Washington took 868 prisoners without losing a man.

Source 2: [] Topic: Battle of Trenton Information: Washington had hoped to strike under the cover of darkness, but the difficulties encountered in the crossing delayed the attack until about 8 a.m. on the 26th. The American advance had been spotted earlier by a Tory, who delivered a written warning to Rahl. The colonel, however, was intent on celebrating Christmas and had stuffed the note in his pocket. Continental forces under Nathanael Greene and John Sullivan opened fire on the town and slowly surrounded it. A sleepy Rahl mounted his horse and tried to rally his soldiers, but was shot and died later from his wounds. Within 90 minutes it was evident to the Hessians that they were outnumbered and escape routes had been cut off; they surrendered.

**Exposition**: Today’s date is April 18, 1775 the revolutionary war between America and Great Britain has just started. I just signed up to help fight in the revolution. Our great General Commander Washington has decided to have a battle in New York. We are right now setting up our defenses and getting ready to fight. We all have high spirits right now because we have already had a battle with the British were we killed a ton of redcoats. Even though we lost that battle we still killed a lot more redcoats then they killed of us. I can see the British someone shouted. We all got our muskets and got ready to fight.

**Rising action**: Boom! A canon fired at or defenses. We were getting destroyed out there. The redcoats were much better trained than us not to mention that they had much more ammunition and guns. Boom! Another canon fired at us. I heard screams and gunshots. It was a terrible sound. I knew that we had to retreat or all of us would be slaughtered. But for some reason I General Washington wouldn’t say the words retreat. I decided to charge at the redcoats. I saw one redcoat who wasn’t looking at me so I fired my musket bang he was dead. After another 30 minutes of fighting I heard General Washington telling us to retreat. I turned and started to run but then I fell someone had shot me and I was dead.

**Climax**: My younger brother Tom found out that I had died and became furious. He told the rest of my family and then he decided that he would avenge my death so he joined the Continental Army and began on the training for battle. By the end of 1776 the Continental Army had lost a lot of battles and the British thought the war was over. Many people thought it was suicide to join the Army but Tom still fought. Our General Knew that the morale of the army was quickly depleting so he decided to read the army Thomas Paine’s new pamphlet “//The Crisis”//. Then General Washington told the army that they were going to Trenton to attack the Hessian Solders.

**Falling Action**: On our way to Trenton we a lot of difficulties the weather was freezing and guns became to wet to fire. The troops became scared of fighting the hessian soldiers with only using our bayonets but General Washington kept us together. We arrived at Trenton on December 26 at 8:00. When we finally saw the Hessians we found them pleasantly sleeping off a great Christmas sleep. It only took 90 minutes for the Hessians to surrender even with us only using bayonets. We had defeated the Hessians without losing a man. Commander Washington decided to 868 prisoners.

**Resolution**: After this the British found out that we still had some fight left in us. After the battle of Trenton we captured 300 British troops in Princeton. The American Revolution started to not look like just a dream.This angered General Howe it told him that it would take more than capturing New York to defeat us.


 * Story Theme**: I want the reader to know how hard it was for families that had their men go and fight in the war because of both that usually the oldest man would care for the family and that the families would not know if they would ever see their father/oldest son again.