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Colonial Life
My name is G.J. Bunhums and I was born and raised down south in Virginia. My mom and dad Jonathon and Rebacca came to Virginia to get lucky in the tobacco business, Witch they did. Even though tobacco farming was a hard business and usually did not pay much my family started there own business packaging and selling tobacco. I’m fifteen years old and the oldest in my family of ten. It used to be thirteen but one of my sisters and two of my brothers died of malaria witch was happening to a lot of kids.

The reason my parents came from England to Virginia is because they were not doing to well as farmer’s money wise so my parents’ use their skills else were down here in Virginia. My parents and me love Virginia and the farm we live on. Mt favorite thing about the house is the loft because it’s high up and it’s warm. Since I’m old enough to work my parents make me work with the slaves. I have to wake up before sunrise and tend to my chores witch is cutting firewood, feeding animals, and gathering eggs. Then I tend to the tobacco crops with one of my good friend’s Ben who is a slave. Ben tends to slack off but he’s only thirteen and hates work. Ben’s a great way of entertainment well working because he has great stories and sings great songs. I also feel sympathy for him because sometimes he get’s punished physically and he was separated from his family when he was a young. He always wanted to runaway but he just needed a plan. I always wanted to help him but I felt guilty about it so I never brought it up.

Life on a farm was tough and fun. The reason it was tough was because all the work we did like cutting firewood, feeding animals, clearing land, tending crops, building fences, making furniture and tools, gathering eggs, spinning thread, weaving cloth sewing clothes making candles and soap, cooking, cleaning, and caring for babies.

When my siblings and me have nothing to do witch rarely happens we play with toys and play games. My favorite toy is marbles I love to play with them with my younger brother Billy. And for games we play tag, stoopball, and blind man’s bluff. My parents loved to go down to the bowling green and bowl my dad was epically good.

Revolution
**__ American Revolution __** Baack, Ben. "Economics of the American Revolutionary War." //EH.Net Encyclopedia//. N.p., August 5, 2010). Web. 15 Nov 2010. <EH.Net Encyclopedia  I. Economic  A. British attained economical superpower  B. British had thirteen American colonies with one part of a global empire  C. Britain had attained the status of a military   Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. //History alive!: the United States through industrialism//. Palo Alto, Calif.: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print.    II. The War Goes South  A. The British thought that loyalists down south were waiting to join the kings cause  B. The south wanted to keep the American cause alive  C. They harassed the British with hit and run raids  D. Swamp Fox. “ Marion’s band of rebels harassed the British with hit-and-run-raids”. (Hart 96)  E. “ Then they faded into the swamps and forests like foxes. “ (Hart 96)  F. Greene’s army. “ Greene led Cornwallis’s troops on an exhausting chase through the southern backcountry. “ (Hart 96) G. Yorktown. “ He moved his army to Yorktown, a sleepy tobacco port on Chesapeake Bay in Virginia for a good rest. “ (Hart 96) Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. //History alive!: the United States through industrialism//. Palo Alto, Calif.: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print. III. British strength’s A. Had an army with around 50,000 soldiers B. Had better experience at firing guns then the American’s C. Had tons of ammunition Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. //History alive!: the United States through industrialism//. Palo Alto, Calif.: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print. IV. British weaknesses A. The distance between Britain and America was very costly to send over troops B. King George had a hard time convincing his troops that defeating the Americans was vital to their future C. Lord George Germain was also a horrible leader for his army for he had no idea how to defeat the rebels because he had never set foot on American soul D. The leader kept changing plans and generals thinking that one of the combination’s would bring him an easy victory V. American Strengths A. The patriotism they had of making their country free was incredible B. The French secretly aided the rebels C. They had a great commander George Washington VI. American Weaknesses A. Only had 20,000 troops B. Not trained for the army C. Had a shortage of gun’s and gun powder

Exposition A. G.J. Bunhum’s joins a group called the Swamp Foxes down in the south B. Wants to fight for the American cause C. Dad is a loyalist and joins the British army when they come to recruit people Rising Action A. G.J. and his dad have a bad relationship B. G.J. has scary moments in witch he see’s people suffer and has to kill people C. Sister dies from small pox D. G.J. and the Swamp Foxes meet up with a group of British soldiers and one of the members in the group was G.J.’s dad who is shot and killed by one of G.J.’s friend’s Climax A. They win the war witch G.J. has very low excitement for B. Has a hard time coming to peace with the death of his dead so he ends up killing his friend Billy Ray that shot his dad C. G.J. blames the killing of his friend on the British Falling Action A. Returns back to his family B. Tells Rebecca (mom) what happened to dad C. Finds out his sister died Denouement A. Watches out for his other sisters B. Starts to become a man in the house C. Returns to his friends and duties on the farm D. Learns that war was not as exciting as he t hought