Introduction to the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution transformed how people worked, purchased goods, and where they lived.  In U.S.  History we are looking at the early part of the Industrial Revolution and why in the United States it started in New England.

Here are the notes from today's class.

Have a Happy Halloween.

Helpful Links for the Paragraph

      For your paragraph I want you to use your notes and handouts for gathering evidence in your paragraph.  If you want to have some additional information you can use these links below.




Here is a link for Nat Turner

Denmark Vessey


Garbiel Prosser




Here is the Rubric for the Heroism in History assignment.  When you are finished have a friend or someone from home proof read your work to offer any advice or recommendations.

Google Docs

Several times during the year we are going to be using Google docs for our writing assignments. Please click the link below to log onto Wellesley's Google Apps.  You will need to use your regular school LOG IN and PASSWORD. 

docs.apps.wellesley.K12.ma.us

Once you have successfully logged in, you need to create a google document. Once you create it, please rename your blank google doc immediately using your class period and last name:

Period 1, Mullady

To learn how to create a new google document click this link

GA create and upload.pdf

Once you have finished working on your document, you will need to share it with me.  Click on the PDF link to learn how to share your work. 

GA Sharing and Collaborating.pdf

1.  Log on by using your regular school log in and password at this URL:

docs.apps.wellesley.K12.ma.us

2. Click on the left hand red button which says Create.

3. Next, click on Document.

4. Then, click on "Untitled Document" at the top of the blank document.  A box to rename your google doc will then appear.

5. Name your document this way:  Period # last name.  For example, Period 1, Mullady

6.  When you are done writing on your document, click on the blue Share button at the top right hand corner.  When the new box pops up, go to Share With at the bottom and write in Mullady  My name will appear.

7.  Finally, edit the Permissions if you want the person that you are sharing with to edit, comment, or ONLY read your document.  Then, save and share!

The Alabama Slave Codes

      In the wake of Turner's Rebellion Southern lawmakers struggles with how to respond to the events in Virginia. The death of 55 white families in Virginia terrified planters in the South.  What would prevent their slaves from uprising?  Some states proposed ending slavery in the South all together, while others began to impose a harsher policy towards slaves and free blacks.

     In 1833, the state of Alabama passed a series of slave codes with the hopes of preventing a slave uprising from ever happening in their state.  These laws impacted the entire black population, free and enslaved in addition to the white population.  The Alabama Slave Codes would inspire other states to adopt similarly strict laws under the belief that strict slave codes would save the lives of southern whites.

Class Notes:  Slave Code Presentation.

For H.W.

Finish the Alabama Slave Code handout that was given in class today.

Turner's Rebellion

Background:

  Nat Turner was born a slave in Southampton County Virginia in 1800. Turner was a deeply religious man who eventually became a preacher as an adult.  In 1821, Turner ran away from his overseer but returned after having a vision that told him to honor his earthly master.  Turner would have two more visions while a slave, each one he felt was a sign from God that was calling him to action.


Method of Recruitment:

    After witnessing a solar eclipse, Turner believed he had received his final vision calling him to action.  He gathered four of his closest followers on August 21st,  and they prepared a dinner where he explained what their mission from God was.

Plot:

   That night Turner and his followers killed his master and his family while they were sleeping.  The group then traveled to nearby plantations killing the slave owners and recruiting the slaves to join them. Over a period of 36 hours Turner and his men had killed 55 white men, women, and children.  His forces numbering over 40, Turner attempted to take over the town of New Jerusalem.  They were met by militia and federal troops and fighting occurred scattering Turner's forces.  Turner went into hiding and was captured on August 30th.

Results:

   Turner was hanged and later skinned on November 11th.  The government of Virginia executed 55 slaves over the next two months.  While across Virginia and North Carolina angry white mobs began to execute any slave or free black man that they believed was connected to Turner's Rebellion.   200 people were executed for believing to have been connected to Nat Turner.   Many state's began to reorganize their slave codes to impose harsher penalties on slaves and further limit the rights of free blacks in the South.

Denmark Vessey

Denmark Vessey

Background Information:

    Denmark was born on the island of St. Thomas and sold to the captain of a slave ship, Joseph Vessey when he was fourteen years old.  Over the years Denmark traveled between the Caribbean and the United States helping transport, brand, and sell slaves.  In 1799, he was able to purchase his own freedom after winning a lottery.  Vessey eventually settled in the port city of Charleston South Carolina.


Method of Recruitment:

   In 1815, the black population of Charleston voted to separate from the white Methodist Church of the city.  Vessey and other prominent members of the black community helped form a church that was strictly for the black population of the city.  Vessey became one of the leaders of the  African Church and taught Bible study classes with an emphasis on the Book of Exodus and the escape of the Israelites from Egypt.  Vessey recruited both slaves and free blacks from his church to join his rebellion and his supporters numbered over 1,000.

Plot:

  In 1882, Vessey and other members of his church planned an uprising of the black population of Charleston and the surrounding area.   They planned on launching an attack on July 14th and to take over the city's arsenal and set fire to Charleston.  They intended to kill the governor of South Carolina as well as all the slave owners of Charleston.


Results:

       A member of Vessey's conspiracy alerted his master  of the planned uprising.  That slave owner then informed the authorities who sought to arrest the leaders of the church.  Vessey was arrested on June 22nd, and was executed with five other leaders of the rebellion on July 2nd.  By the end of August over 35 slaves were executed for their connection to Vessey's plan.   Following Vessey's execution the African Church of Charleston was destroyed and the city government passed a series of laws that further restricted the rights of slaves.

Gabriel's Army

Gabriel Prosser:

Background: A slave living in Virginia.  As a skilled blacksmith, Gabriel was allowed to hire out his services to others and worked in various towns and on other plantations. Along with his brother Solomon, Gabriel was arrested and branded after attacking a white man.  While in jail the two brothers began to plot a rebellion to end slavery in Virginia.


Method of Recruitment:   Gabriel sought support from poor whites, free blacks, and slaves for his rebellion. In his blacksmith shop Prosser turned shovels and other pieces of farm equipment into spears and sword and made bullets from stolen pieces of metal.


Plan:  Prosser and his supporters numbered over 1,000 and planned on attacking Richmond and liberating all the slaves that lived there.  They would then kidnap the governor of Virginia, James Monroe  and hold him hostage to negotiate the liberation of all the slaves of Virginia.


Results:  On the night of the planned attack a sever thunderstorm occurred.  After meeting by a bridge Gabriel decided that the attack be postponed because of the weather.  Two slaves that were part of the conspiracy alerted their master of the planned uprising.  Their master warned James Monroe the governor, who sent out the militia to find the rebel slaves.  Gabriel and 22 other supporters were found guilty of attempting to start a revolt and sentenced to death.


Aftermath:  Members of the state legislature of Virginia proposed  a bill to end slavery in the state.  The bill was narrowly defeated and the state adopted new laws that further limited the rights of slaves.