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Colonial Life
Clement Cooper

It was a cold winter day in New York and young Clement cooper a local boat repairer was just fixing a gentlemen’s boat like everyday. His wife Annie Cooper watched the house doing chores and making dinner. After all Clement and Annie just got married a month before.

Annie’s family was rich and had a lot of wealth. On the other hand Clement was a stowaway from England and he escaped debts prison. He was an orphan when he was a child. His mother died of small pox when Clement was born. Clement’s father abandoned him when he seven years old. The orphan was left on the streets homeless. But later on a boat maker found Clement. Mr. Cooper helped out making small ships. After that Clement decided to be a boat repairer and he started his own business. Although business was good at first, eventually due to high taxes he became in debt. So he decided to sail to America to find hope. He only brought his dueling set and other stuff along the journey. Dueling is Clement’s favorite hobby. As he arrived in New York he started another boat repair store along the harbor and he saw his future wife Annie.

Although Annie received many proposals, she denied all of them. But one of them was from a rich landlord named Eli Baker, who is trying to force Annie to marry him Although Annie tried to rebel Clement told Eli to back off. After what he did Annie fell in love with Clement. Eli was furious so he challenged Eli to a duel to the death! As they both squared off Clement brought his dueling set to even out the fight. Clement was cocky about this fight, but he didn’t know that Eli is a good gunslinger as well. They both loaded their flintlock pistols and they were set. As time froze, people were crowding around this match. And then Eli shouted,” Draw!” As Eli’s hands were swift, Clement got shot in the leg and was wounded. As round 2 began. Clement felt confident seeing his love watching this epic tale. As people were gasping, Eli said,” Draw!” As Eli was swift again, Clement ducked down and shot a round on Eli. Immediately both were frozen like a statue. Eli stood still and blood started trickling off of his chest and fell on the ground. The whole crowd cheered, as Clement limped to Annie he proposed to her. Her reply was, ”Yes!” As the remarkable duel happened, Clement has a house right next to the harbor. And Annie makes food for Clement, as business is successful. They both take walks along the harbor, having a happy life and Clement and Annie Cooper are like the perfect couple.

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

Topic: Crossing the Delaware River & the Battle of Trenton

“On the New Jersey shore, Washington gave his men the password for the long night march ahead. “Victory or death” (92).

“Washington knew that he had to do something and quickly. Gathering his troops together, he read to them from Thomas Paine’s new pamphlet, //The Crisis: These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and women”// ( 92)//.//

It was too cold and wet to use guns so general Washington said to use the bayonets.

Source: "The American Revolution - (The Battle of Trenton )." //The American Revolution - (Home)//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. .

The Americans retreated from Fort Lee to Philadelphia

Moral extremely low.

Soldiers pays were over and that Washington payed with his own money to make the patriots stay.

He decided to cross the Delaware river on Christmas and invade Trenton on December 26, 1776.

It was too cold and wet to use guns so general Washington said to use the bayonets.

Hessians were completely surprised by this bold move of Washington, 868 prisoners but some escaped.

22 Hessians killed and 2 patriots killed from freezing

Exposition James Cooper 16 years old Clement and Anne are occupied by the British in New York James left New York and joined Washington’s army and heading to the Delaware River (Christmas) to Trenton New Jersey Cold, Morale low, and the smell of defeat

Rising Action On Christmas Washington’s men Crosses the Delaware River with rough waters and the sign of Hypothermia is near.

Climax After they crossed they quietly moved into Trenton where a Hessian troops slept happily from a Christmas dinner Patriots opened fire on the Hessians completely overwhelmed by this raid James shoots a hessian and feels guilty of killing a human being James figure out how alot of men and children's lives have been impacted on the war

Falling Action: Capturing the routing Hessian army and checking the wounded comrades of the United States of America

Denoument: Celebrating the victory and heading back to the boats and head to another skirmish at Princeton   I think that this is social/cultural because it shows my character realizing that the men they kill might have a family waiting for him after the war and not knowing their son is already dead.