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Colonial Life
Mary Rose Jennings moved to the new world to join one of the thirteen colonies. She is 15 years old and moved to Baltimore, Maryland a year ago. A great place where they all ready had great friends. They decided to move to Maryland when they got a letter from their close family friends. They told them how successful they have been there and what a fantastic place it was. Her father, William James Jennings, hoped to become a very successful lawyer. Her Mother, Linda Mary Jennings, hoped to start a book club and make new friends. Mary Rose is the eldest daughter out of nine children. The eldest child in her family is her brother, William Jr., he is 16 years old. After Mary Rose, in order of age her siblings are, Jenifer, Jameson, Abigail, Joseph, Jonathan, Whitney, and Baby Warren. Mary Rose is your picture perfect girl. She has gorgeous, shimmering, wavy strawberry blonde hair. Here eyes are a dazzling, emerald, green that pierce into your heart when she stares. She had skin so soft and light, it was flawless. Her lips are a smooth, apple red, and plump.

 Mary Rose is a very, very, very kind and caring person. She loves animals and spending time with her family. Mary Rose loves to help around the house, even though they have a maid since they are upper class. She helps her siblings study and get dressed in the morning. Mary really enjoys spending time with her best friend Quinn Warrener. Mary Rose is the complete opposite of her best friend, Quinn. Quinn is quite the queen bee and is in love with Mary’s brother, William Jr. Quin doesn’t like to work and is quite self centered but she and Mary get along great! Mary Rose really enjoys learning and is always eager to get to work with her family’s tutor.

Revolution
HFC American Revolutionary War Research

Topic: Winter at Valley Forge

 **Source:**  Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. History Alive!: the United States through industrialism. Palo Alto, Calif: Teachers’ Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print


 *  “...we must now have what congress said, a sumptuous (lavish) Thanksgiving...It gave each and every man a gill (a few ounces) of rice and a tablespoon of vinegar!”(94) washington’s troops were hungry because farmers preferred to sell food to the British.
 *  “British paid them in gold, while congress paid them in paper money”(94).
 *  Marquis de Lafayette- bought warm clothes for the soldiers

 Source: "The Winter At Valley Forge." //americanrevwar//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <[|__http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/valley.htm__]>.

 " . . . you might have tracked the army from White Marsh to Valley Forge by the blood of their feet." - George Washington

 11,000 troops in G.W.’s Continental army at Valley Forge

 "Each man had few possessions and these he carried with him. His musket -- by far the most popular weapon -- a cartouche or cartridge box. If he had neither, the infantryman carried a powder horn, hunting bag and bullet pouch. His knapsack or haversack held his extra clothing (if he was fortunate enough to have any), a blanket, a plate and spoon, perhaps a knife, fork and tumbler. Canteens were often shared with others and six to eight men shared cooking utensils."(Marshall-Dutcher 1)

 Forms of entertainment at Valley Forge:  > Cricket (also know as wicket) <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> > Plays were staged for audiences <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> > Drinking, when spirits were available <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> > soldiers liked to sing

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> Source: "Valley Forge." //Kidport Home Page//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <http://www.kidport.com/reflib/

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> > The soldiers barley had any warm clothing <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> > Some didn’t have shoes <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> > When it became very cold, they shared clothes <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">

<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> **Exposition:** Baltimore, Maryland, December 1769, Mary Rose Jennings(Main Character) is writing in her journal. <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> **Rising Action:** Five days ago they had got a letter from her brother, William Jennings who is currently at valley forge. <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> **Dénouement:** Since Jameson is gone, her father needs help in his law firm, but can’t afford it. The father asks Mary rose to Help secretarially temporarily. <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> **Story Theme:** I want the reader to know how war can affect peoples life's and financial situations. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -16px;"> Dear Diary, Today is five days after thanksgiving, November of 1769. It’s also one of the saddest days i shall endure. I have been sitting in my room for an hour now, after receiving the news that my dearest brother was killed when shot during combat. He was stationed at Valley Forge for the winter and thanksgiving. The day after thanksgiving we got a letter from him at Valley Forge. He told us that he was so blessed that he was still alive and not sick like many of the other soldiers there. I can even quote him talking about the conditions, “It’s cold and dreary, but we all find a way to have a good time usually once a day. The night before last i had a great game of Wicket with some good friends i have made. My team easily beat the other team, i have always been a natural athlete. I’m so blessed to have such a warm winter coat and various layers. Many other soldiers don’t have enough warm clothing and they are having to borrow from other people or just try their best to ignore the cold”. The letter from him is our last memories, now that we will never be able to see him or hug him and feel his warmth, ever again. To be continued ( i feel very emotional right now and need to take a break). Sincerely, Mary Rose Jennings
 * Crisis:** Today, sadly, they got a letter that he died after being shot in combat.
 * Climax:** Jameson want’s to go to the army in honor of his brother. The family needs him to stay because they don't want to mourn another child. They want him to help at his fathers law practice so he can grow up and have a wife and kids and take on the family business.
 * Falling Action:** They woke up this morning to find Jameson and one of their horses gone with a note that he will write to us from valley Forge.