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Colonial Life
Charming Charity Charity Greene, at the age of 15, moved with her family, which consisted of her four sisters—Katherine, four years old, Charlotte, five years old, Sarah, six years old, Abigail, seven years old—and her parents—Anne and James Greene—to Connecticut. She traveled with her family, Thomas Hooker, and about one hundred other people. They came to Connecticut in the late 1600’s for freedom in religion and government. Also Charity’s parents, along with many others could not pay for the Massachusetts taxes for much longer.

By the time Charity got to the new village, she loved it. They had a beautiful farm with many animals and a small but very nice little cottage. It was peaceful, exciting and her family had a lot of time to spend with her. This all went away by summer. Anne Greene had gotten very sick, with malaria. She died in the fall. Soon after this terrible incident her father had an anxiety attack for taking on all of the responsibility in the family in addition to working morning and night. This left Charity and her four sisters to take care of their farm, grow crops, and make money.

It had almost been two years since her parents died. She had done well growing crops and working on the farm and in the house. She enjoyed her life but still needed more money. So Charity, at the age of seventeen, still in mourning, decided to get a job. She went into town to look for a place that was hiring. But, instead she found her childhood best friend—Benjamin Penn. He used to be neighbors with her in Massachusetts until she moved away. Benjamin who is now a very successful lawyer, moved to Connecticut one year after Charity. He explains to her how much he missed her, and she, the same. They moved to Charity’s father’s farm together one month later. They had the time of their lives taking care of Charity’s siblings. Even in the hottest of summers and the coldest of winters.

Revolution
**Source: Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower.** //**History alive!.: the United States through industrialism.**//  **Palo Alto, Calif.: Teachers’ Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print.** 2. “Caught completely by surprise, the mercenaries surrendered. Washington took 868 prisoners without losing a single man” (Hart 92).
 * Topic: Victory in Trenton**  **Research:**   1. “Washington’s army crossed the ice-choked Delaware River in small boats” (Hart 92).

**Topic: A New British Strategy**   **Research:**    1. “The wife, children, and slave of General Philip Schulyer burned the family wheat fields, so as to leave nothing useful for British forces advancing toward Saratoga” (Hart 93). 2. “His army was slowed by more than 600 wagons, 30 of them filled with his personal baggage” (Hart 92).

**Topic: Winter at Valley Forge**  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> **Research:**  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 1. “Thanksgiving... It gave each and every man a gill [a few ounces] of rice and a tablespoon of vinegar! The army was now not only starved but destitute of [without] all other clothing, especially blankets” (Hart 94). 2. Washington’s army worked for hours performing continual drills which helped practice discipline (Hart 95). 3. “... the Marquis de Lafayette, also helped raise the troops spirits... He... used his own money to buy the men warm clothing” (Hart 95).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Topic: The Battle of Monmouth** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> **Research:**  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 1. “In the battle that followed, Washington was everywhere, constantly rallying his men to stand and fight. “Cheering them by his voice and example”... “never had I beheld [seen] so superb a man” (Hart 95) 2. Late the same night, the British slipped across the Hudson River to safety in New York City... Washington wrote, “that after two years of maneuvering... both armies are brought back to the very point they set out from.” Neither army knew it yet, but the war in the North was over (Hart 95). <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Source: "Battle of Trenton, 26 December 1776 ."** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//**Military History Encyclopedia on the Web**// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_trenton.html>.**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Topic: Battle of Trenton** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Research:**
===<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 1. The British has spend late November and early December chasing the remnants of Washington’s army across New Jersey. On 8 December the British reached the Delaware at Trenton, just too late to catch the Americans, who had crossed over into Pennsylvania. (historyofwar.com: Battle of Trenton). ===

<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Source: Higginbotham, Don, Edward P. Hamilton, and Paul C. Bowers. "Battles of the American Revolution."** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//**americanrevwar**// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**. Ronald W. McGranahan, 19 Aug. 2002. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/battles.htm>.**  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Topic: Battles of the American Revolution** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Research:**  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 1. “On Christmas night 1776, Gen. George Washington and about 2,500 Continental soldiers crossed the ice-clogged Delaware River from Pennsylvania; early the next morning they surprised Hessian mercenaries in the British service encamped at Trenton, N.J.” (americanrevwar.com: Battles of the American Revolution) 2. “American casualties were light, but the Hessian commander was mortally wounded in the ensuing battle, and more than 900 of his men were captured. Washington also came away with badly needed arms and stores. After their earlier defeats in New York, the Trenton victory restored the Americans' flagging morale” (americanrevwar.com: Battles of the American Revolution).

<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__**STORY PLOT:**__ <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> **Story Theme:** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> This story explains the economical impact during the war, to the people. Because Henry is off at war, his sisters are responsible of taking care of the animals, crops, their shop, and later two new house guests. They become poor and have to open a shop which, although they beg, does not get a profit in gold because of the increase in the printing of paper money.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Exposition:**
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The story takes place in the spring of 1776 on a farm in Philadelphia.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annabelle and Scarlett take the job of wig making and sewing to feed, clothe, and shelter their family and open a shop, along with tending to the fields.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Henry takes to blacksmith for the time being, and helps harvest the animals and crops.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Rising Action:**
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">General Howe comes to Philadelphia.
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Henry joins the army.
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annabelle and Scarlett are left alone to do chores, tend to animals and crops, and take care of the shop.
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annabelle and Scarlett’s shop gets attacked by Indians.
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Climax:**
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annabelle and Henry exchange letters explaining, and the victory against Burgoyne.
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Henry lives through the war, but doesn’t write back to Annabelle who becomes devastated once she does not get a letter.
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Henry, while gone, falls in love with a kind and honorable woman named Diana Hoffman and her son Jeremy.
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Henry is starved, frozen and does not have any cloths.
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annabelle and Scarlett become independent, for the first time in their lives, and create a clothing shop.
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With hope of giving them a better life, Henry sends Diana and Jeremy Hoffman to meet Annabelle, his loyal sister, and Scarlett, their young, beautiful sister, to live with them, while he fights in the war.
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Annabelle is having a hard time collecting gold, since the paper money had come out, but still accepts anything to pay for the house and food... and her new permanent house guests.
 * 17) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scarlett is left with the house guests to take care of the farm.
 * 18) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steuben drills the troops for days on end. The troops become forever grateful to Lafayette for giving them warm clothing for the winter. After their spirits are lifted they hear they must go back to war.
 * 19) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Falling Action:**
 * 20) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Henry journeys to New Jersey in June of 1778 and caught up with the British near Monmouth. The troops faithful leader, Washington, guided them throughout the battle at every man’s side.
 * 21) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The British slipped across the Hudson River that night to safety and every one was pleased... The war of the North was over.
 * 22) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Denouement:**
 * 23) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Henry wrote his final letter to his loved one Diana, and his sister Annabelle, then died a couple days after the retreat of the British... June 31st 1778.
 * 24) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Diana and Annabelle struggle through the economy, but manage all the same. They hope for a better life for Jeremy, who turned two in August 1778, and may soon see the sun.