This is the area for students in Group 2 to collaborate on new terms and events in their Revolutionary War period book, Early Thunder, by Jean Fritz.

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Liberty Boys Page

 

Summary of the Book:  (Try to tie it back to history, if possible.  Tell the parts that were real, fictional, etc., as you summarize the book.)

Look at our Photo Story of the Revolutionary War.

 

PhotoStory1.wmv 

 

 

 

Main Events from the Book:  (Put the page number where it happens in the book, then put an "F" or "R" next to the event for if it is a fictional event or if it really happened in history-real)

 

Punishiment for Boston Tea Party(R) page:10

Bricks and rocks being thrown at Judge Ropes house(F) page:19

Daniel is going to find Jeremy Packer(F)page:22

Smallpox epidemic(R)page:27

Death of Judge Ropes(F)page:41

Daniel gets a new mother when his father comes back from Boston with the chaise(F)page:87

 

 

 

Terms from the Book

Inoculation:A shot to prevent smallpox

Smallpox:A deadly disease

Final statement of Early Thunder

 

Early thunder is a pre-revolutionary war book, Daniel west is the main character. He is a whig at the end of the book. He defeats a British officer while on a boat.

 

 

 

On the side of the colonists:	Neutral	On the side of Britain's King George
Patriots	Towns People	Tories
Rebles		Loyalists
Liberty Boys		Lobster backs
Whigs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Characters from the Book

On the side of the colonists:	Neutral	On the side of Britain's King George
Capt.Pickering	Daniel West	Judge Ropes(dead)
Miranda	Mrs. Foote	Dr.West
Mr.Foote	Samuel	Beckott
	Jeremy	Governor
	Tillie	Judge George