Their question - How did the battle at Lake Champlain change the methods used by the Iroquois to fight the French.
My answer - After they saw the French fighting with guns they changed their fighting tactics so instead of fighting in clumps they were more scattered and used trees as cover and fought by attacking then retreating under cover.
Their question - Why did New France attract few colonists.
My answer - Because there wasn't much opportunity beyond trading for deerskin with the Indians or raising poor quality tobacco it was also very swampy and diseases came from the swamps such as malaria and dysentery.
Monday, October 1, 2018
Monday, July 9, 2018
Learning New Things This Year
This year I made a list of all the things I've been reading and studying about:
English
The Incorrigible Children Series
The Phantom Tollbooth
100 Cupboards
The Twenty One Balloons
Farmer Boy, Wilder
The Lost World
Harry Potter - the whole series (This was a re-read, but it was just as good the 2nd time)
Kingdom and the Crown Trilogy (Historical Fiction New Testament)
Masters of Modern Soccer
Mister Max
History
World History Course - Middle Ages through Colonial Period
A Child's History of the World V.M Hillye
The Matchlock Gun
Guts and Glory Revolutionary War and Civil War
I Survived Series
The Darkest Hour (Churchill)
Language
Spanish - Duolingo
Bulgarian - I'm Reading Heidi the Classic at about 3 pages per day
Art
Origami - got a great book on some very complex 3D models of animals and dragons. It's amazing what you can make folding a single piece of very thin paper. I have to get my paper from France because normal origami paper won't let you do all these complex folds.
Art competition (Won an award for an origami dragon I made)
Made Stop motion video with Origami
Wrking on starting a business selling origami
Science
Basic Chemistry - Learned about acids, bases, moles and how to balance equations
Put on a Science Magic Show for family and friends
A lot of experiments with Baking trying different flours and mixtures for the perfect consistency of cakes and cookies
Physics - Studied in depth the motion of a ball through the air and why it bends or knuckles based on spin
Physical Education
Completed first season with the New England Revolution Youth Soccer Academy. This involved going to Foxboro 3 times a week for training and farther than that for games on the weekends. It was a lot of work but I really love it and am looking forward to the next season.
Math & Logic
Watched The Man Who Knew Infinity about an Indian Mathematician in Cambridge
Geometry - Learned how to calculate area of all basic shapes
Probabilities - Learned how to calculate compound chance (i.e. chance of success doing the same thing multiple times in a row).
Played a lot of Mindtrap with family during commutes (Logic puzzles, mysteries, visual puzzles)
The Da Vinci Puzzle Book
The Lady and the Tiger Logic Puzzles
Studied Chess strategy and beat my dad on multiple occasions and the computer on the hard level
Basic Algebra - Learned to balance and rearrange equations using Dragon box
Learned algorithms for new rubiks cube puzzles 2x4, Ghost cubes and others
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Spanish Colonization
1. Explain how the Spanish set up their colonies.
They used a monarchy with a King and Queen at the top then they divided the Americas into five provinces.They also appointed people to go and live in these provinces, they were called viceroys. They also created a council called the Council of the Indies, which would create the laws. But there were some problems The viceroy lived in the province so they knew what was needed and what was not. But the council of the Indies could only guess what was right. Then there was the problem with birth. The people who were born in Spain were at the top they were called Peninsulares. Then there were people with Spanish parents but were born in America, they were called Creoles. Then there were people who had a Spanish parent and an Indian parent, they were called Mestizos. They lacked identity because they were neither Spanish or Indian they were Mestizos.
2. Explain how the Spanish got the Native Americans to work on the farms.
They used a system called Encomienda, so they let the Native Americans have some land and then sneakily they have a Spanish guy get on the property and own it and then forces the Native Americans to work, they became like slaves. They get paid but not for how much work they do.
3. Explain how the Spanish got the Native Americans to work in the mines.
Well they used this system called the Draft. So every village of Native Americans had a quota of people (a limited or fixed number or amount of people) to go work in the mines each year.
But the working conditions in the mines were awful wet and cold and they had to carry giant bags of ore up out of the mine they got sweaty after doing this and some of them died once they got out of the mine and went back in because of the climate change. Just like on the farms they got paid but not as much as they should get for how much work they are doing.
4. Explain how the Spanish replaced the Native Americans with a different source of cheap labor.
They imported Africans and made them slaves. Because the Native Americans were dying to quickly.
They used a monarchy with a King and Queen at the top then they divided the Americas into five provinces.They also appointed people to go and live in these provinces, they were called viceroys. They also created a council called the Council of the Indies, which would create the laws. But there were some problems The viceroy lived in the province so they knew what was needed and what was not. But the council of the Indies could only guess what was right. Then there was the problem with birth. The people who were born in Spain were at the top they were called Peninsulares. Then there were people with Spanish parents but were born in America, they were called Creoles. Then there were people who had a Spanish parent and an Indian parent, they were called Mestizos. They lacked identity because they were neither Spanish or Indian they were Mestizos.
2. Explain how the Spanish got the Native Americans to work on the farms.
They used a system called Encomienda, so they let the Native Americans have some land and then sneakily they have a Spanish guy get on the property and own it and then forces the Native Americans to work, they became like slaves. They get paid but not for how much work they do.
3. Explain how the Spanish got the Native Americans to work in the mines.
Well they used this system called the Draft. So every village of Native Americans had a quota of people (a limited or fixed number or amount of people) to go work in the mines each year.
But the working conditions in the mines were awful wet and cold and they had to carry giant bags of ore up out of the mine they got sweaty after doing this and some of them died once they got out of the mine and went back in because of the climate change. Just like on the farms they got paid but not as much as they should get for how much work they are doing.
4. Explain how the Spanish replaced the Native Americans with a different source of cheap labor.
They imported Africans and made them slaves. Because the Native Americans were dying to quickly.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Jamestown
1. Explain what Roanoke was and why it failed
The Roanoke was a Colony in the Americas. It was a fail because Raleigh put most of his money into an investment but then it failed because he was the one putting the money in and if it failed then he would lose his money, but if he made other people put their money in it like starting a lemonade stand then he would just run the lemonade stand if it went good than you are ok and the people who put their money into the Lemonade stand are ok but if you don't sell then you are still good but the people who invested in it lose their money. Raleigh then learned to make other people invest to not lose his money.
2. Explain why Jamestown succeeded as the first English colony in North America.
They Succeeded because they built a fort first on a swamp and it was good for their defense and no one could get to them. John Smith also helped.
3. Explain the role John Smith played in saving Jamestown.
Well everyone was going to search for gold and everyone was close to dying because they had not made farms to eat from. But then John Smith (Who is famous from the Pocahontas movie) got everything in order and forced people to work instead of hunting for gold. He even threatened to kill people if they didn't do as he said.
4. Identify how most English colonies made money.
Well they got gold from the Native Americans by trading and conquering their cities of gold.
The Roanoke was a Colony in the Americas. It was a fail because Raleigh put most of his money into an investment but then it failed because he was the one putting the money in and if it failed then he would lose his money, but if he made other people put their money in it like starting a lemonade stand then he would just run the lemonade stand if it went good than you are ok and the people who put their money into the Lemonade stand are ok but if you don't sell then you are still good but the people who invested in it lose their money. Raleigh then learned to make other people invest to not lose his money.
2. Explain why Jamestown succeeded as the first English colony in North America.
They Succeeded because they built a fort first on a swamp and it was good for their defense and no one could get to them. John Smith also helped.
3. Explain the role John Smith played in saving Jamestown.
Well everyone was going to search for gold and everyone was close to dying because they had not made farms to eat from. But then John Smith (Who is famous from the Pocahontas movie) got everything in order and forced people to work instead of hunting for gold. He even threatened to kill people if they didn't do as he said.
4. Identify how most English colonies made money.
Well they got gold from the Native Americans by trading and conquering their cities of gold.
Monday, June 18, 2018
French colonization
1. Identify the first French explorer who discovered Canada
The first French explorer to discover Canada was named Jacques Cartier.
2. Explain why the French had to work with the Native Americans
Because they didn't have that many people and couldn't farm or take over the Native Americans.
3. Explain how the French ran their trapping business.
They built trading posts along the Native Americans border and they traded furs for weapons horses and jewelry, things that the Native Americans didn't have, it worked out for both of them.
4. Explain why the way the French used the land clashed with the way the English used the land.
Well the French wanted to use the land for trapping but the English wanted to farm it and they couldn't both do the same thing there so the English over ran the French with their population
The first French explorer to discover Canada was named Jacques Cartier.
2. Explain why the French had to work with the Native Americans
Because they didn't have that many people and couldn't farm or take over the Native Americans.
3. Explain how the French ran their trapping business.
They built trading posts along the Native Americans border and they traded furs for weapons horses and jewelry, things that the Native Americans didn't have, it worked out for both of them.
4. Explain why the way the French used the land clashed with the way the English used the land.
Well the French wanted to use the land for trapping but the English wanted to farm it and they couldn't both do the same thing there so the English over ran the French with their population
Monday, June 11, 2018
Expansion into Africa
1. Define and explain the Partition of Africa.
The partition of Africa was a conference that was held to decide how to divide the African continent between themselves. But the Africans were not invited to this conference, which was very unfair.
2. Define and explain imperialism.
It if when one country chooses to dominate another countries affairs. Usually they set up a colony in that country to guarantee full control
3. Explain why Europe felt justified in colonizing Africa.
They said that they were bringing a better way of life to Africa along with religion. But this was not necessarily what the Africans wanted.
4. Identify the first European country to Establish contact with Africa.
Belgium was the first country to establish a colony in the Congo in central Africa
5. Identify the diseases that impeded the progress of Europeans in Africa.
The two diseases were Malaria and yellow fever which were caused by mosquitoes.
The partition of Africa was a conference that was held to decide how to divide the African continent between themselves. But the Africans were not invited to this conference, which was very unfair.
2. Define and explain imperialism.
It if when one country chooses to dominate another countries affairs. Usually they set up a colony in that country to guarantee full control
3. Explain why Europe felt justified in colonizing Africa.
They said that they were bringing a better way of life to Africa along with religion. But this was not necessarily what the Africans wanted.
4. Identify the first European country to Establish contact with Africa.
Belgium was the first country to establish a colony in the Congo in central Africa
5. Identify the diseases that impeded the progress of Europeans in Africa.
The two diseases were Malaria and yellow fever which were caused by mosquitoes.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
China and Europe
1. Identify how China was before being conquered.
Very powerful and if someone wanted to trade with china the only thing they could trade was gold or silver because the Chinese either had that thing or could make it better than anyone else.
2. Explain the downfall of the Chinese government before the Europeans took over.
They had population growth. Too many mouths to feed and not enough farmers to farm that food.
Corruption of the government. One person was able to steal almost a billion dollars in over 30 years. The Chinese instead of making police guard the money made everyone pay higher taxes which the people didn't like. The Opium war. England was importing Opium to China. A highly addictive drug that the Chinese spent a lot of money for. After the Chinese banned opium the English still sent a lot oif opium in a ship and the Chinese decided to throw it into the water. The English got mad and they fought them in a battle that they won fairly easily. The Chinese also had poor weapons
3. Name the dynasty that controlled China before the Europeans took over.
The Manchu Dynasty
Very powerful and if someone wanted to trade with china the only thing they could trade was gold or silver because the Chinese either had that thing or could make it better than anyone else.
2. Explain the downfall of the Chinese government before the Europeans took over.
They had population growth. Too many mouths to feed and not enough farmers to farm that food.
Corruption of the government. One person was able to steal almost a billion dollars in over 30 years. The Chinese instead of making police guard the money made everyone pay higher taxes which the people didn't like. The Opium war. England was importing Opium to China. A highly addictive drug that the Chinese spent a lot of money for. After the Chinese banned opium the English still sent a lot oif opium in a ship and the Chinese decided to throw it into the water. The English got mad and they fought them in a battle that they won fairly easily. The Chinese also had poor weapons
3. Name the dynasty that controlled China before the Europeans took over.
The Manchu Dynasty
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