THOSE REBELS JOHN AND TOM

John loved nothing more than to-----

• battle wits in a lively argument

• sail the ocean in search of new lands

• play billiards with his friends

• prepare a grand feast for his family

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was one of Tom's "favorite amusements"?

• gardening, growing violets, roses and peonies in his many gardens

• fox hunting, breeding French and English hounds to be efficient hunters

• cards, playing cribbage, and poker into the wee hours

• architecture, calculating windows and walls to a sixteenth of an inch

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

George was the latest in a long line of kings who had----

• insisted American colonies be named after him

• refused to buy goods from American colonists

• lived in England while ruling colonists in America

• forced many Americans to move to England

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

In the fall of 1774, a group of Americans planned a meeting to--

• figure out what to do about the many taxes

• set up a system of trading goods and services

• discuss the best way to explore western territories

• elect a leader for the city of Boston

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

John wrote home to his wife, Abigail, describing how-----

• joyous the mood was among the citizens

• eager he was to return to working on the farm

• rich and salty the food was in Philadelphia

• tedious and slow the delegates' business was

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

In Congress, John noticed with astonishment that Tom----

• clutched his stomach as if in pain

• slumped in his chair and spoke very little

• rolled his eyes as John spoke

• looked nervously from side to side

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Although Tom was silent in Congress, he was not afraid to---

• answer King George with his pen

• lead troops into battle against the British

• toil in the fields under a hot sun

• sing in front of a large audience

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is an issue Tom had struggled with for years?

• slavery, which he called a "cruel institution" while owning slaves himself

• expansion of the colonies westward across the "great unknown"

• war. a "necessary evil" according to many of the men in Congress

• presidential rule, which he said was no better than having a "tyrant king"

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Tom squirmed and suffered as the delegates....

• used disrespectful words about him and John

• encouraged him to give a speech

• asked him dozens of questions

• cut his work down to one page

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What did Americans do in New York after the declaration was read aloud?

• they pulled down a statue of King George

• they wrote the National Anthem

• They burned hundreds of British flags

• They named two streets after John and Tom

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2