Create a fictional character (or real-life character but placed in your creative historical fiction writing) to fit a topic in Chapters 5-6.
Be SPECIFIC, lengthen your paragraphs, and use Internet source if you wish, but keep the comment in your own words.
The SEVEN-PARAGRAPH (or more) comment is due Thursday, September 21, will get a ten-point deduction if turned by September 28, and will not be accepted (unless it becomes your makeup comment) afterwards. (You can use Internet sources, but use your own words and cite your sources). Your choices are below:
1. You are Private James Monroe involved in Washington's crossing of the Delaware to defeat the Hessians in 1776.
2. You are Deborah Sampson, who has decided to disguise as a male Continental Army soldier.
3. You are General Johnny Burgoyne explaining your failure at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
4. You are Benedict Arnold defending your decision to join the British side during the Revolutionary War.
5. You are an African American slave who decided to join Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment in 1775.
6. You are Daniel Shays protesting unrepresentative Massachusetts taxes during Shays' Rebellion.
7. You are James Madison trying to create and ratify the U.S. Constitution during 1787-1788.
8. You are Anti-Federalist leader Patrick Henry criticizing the U.S. Constitution at a Virginia ratifying convention
9. You are Alexander Hamilton negotiating with James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in 1790 over your policies.
10. You are Sally Hemings describing your relationship with Thomas Jefferson in the 1780s and 1790s.