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Colonial Life
My name is Winifred Thompson. I prefer Winnie. I live with my husband—Jameson Thomson—and my son—Michael Thompson—in the colony of New York. I Have lived in this colony for all twenty three years of my life. I was born in 1768. My mum and father moved to the new world from England seeking freedom when they were about twenty-one. My mother was pregnant with me when they moved. I never met my mother. For that reason, I have never worked a day in my life. When my mother died giving birth to me, she left with me her vast fortune from her deceased father and mother. I guess she thought she would outlive my father, for she did not leave any of her fortune to him. None of it. I suppose this is why I have not seen him for 13 years, three months, and twelve days (and counting).

I like to think that this is behind me, for now I live a nice life in the Thompson Manor. My husband Jameson works at a ship building station on the coast of our lovely colony. We live in the city. My son Michael Thomson is two years old. We are Catholic. Michael will start in grammar school when he is seven years of age. I was never allowed to go to school, because non-Quaker girls are not allowed to go to school in any of the colonies. Boys of all religions may attend school though. African American boys cannot attend any schools in the colonies, with no exceptions. I was lucky though. For my vast fortune gave the enough money to pay for a tutor from when I was seven to when I was nine. My tutor taught me mathematics, religion, and how to read. Once I learned the basics, I saved the rest of my money and purchased books to keep my reading at a high level.

I enjoy reading, and cooking. My favorite food to cook is cornbread. I make bread with all of the meals that I cook, but I do not cook most of our meals. The house servants do most of the work around the house, they cook, clean, and help me with Michael when I need it. I have a pretty nice life, at least for now.

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

**__Topic:__** The War Goes South

**__ Research: __** “Guerrillas—soldiers who are not part of a regular army—kept the American cause alive”(96).

“Washington…secretly he moved his army south to Virginia”(96).

“British…men surrendered their arms. Many of them wept bitter tears”(97).

**__Topic:__** Winter at Valley Forge

**__Research:__** “War was far from over”(94).

“Not only shirtless and barefoot, but destitute of (without) all other clothing, especially blankets”(94).

“Late in 1777, Congress declared a day of Thanksgiving”(94).

**__Source:__** Anon. Hippocampus. Monterey Institute for Technology and Education. 22 November 2010. < [|**http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/AP US History I/course files/multimedia/lesson13/lessonp.html?showTopic=1**]** >. **

**__ Research: __** “The Patriot triumph at Saratoga changed the course of the war”(Major Battles).

"The militia struck two serious blows against the British, one west of Albany at Oriskany, New York and another east at Bennington, Vermont"(Major Battles).

A. Time 1. It is December of 1769. Winifred’s son—Michael—is 5 years old and her husband—Jameson—is only 25. She is 24. There is news of new troops of soldiers called "Guerrilla Soldiers." B. Place: I live in the Colony of New York. Every thing is going smoothly. A. Jameson Thompson decides to form a troop of Guerrilla Soldiers with his other Patriotic friends who want to fight for their country their own way. B. Winifred cries and begs him not to. A. When Winifred wakes up one fall morning in 1777, he is gone, along with some of his warm clothing, food, and weapons. B. 4 Months later: Winifred finds Michael—now thirteen—son asking her to go downtown with his friend and she approves. A. Michael still does not return. B. Weeks later, there is news in the newspaper of a young teenage boy dying from the cold, in the harsh conditions of Valley Forge. A. Winifred becomes even more depressed but then Michael returns, and Winifred finds out that it was not Michael who died, but his best friend. B. Jameson never returns.
 * Exposition
 * Rising Action
 * Climax
 * Falling Action
 * Resolution