Issue #11 for WB School feedjournal.com12/10/2010 - 12/17/2010

New Hampshire Happenings(Posts of Olde Towne Headlines)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:39:12 AM By Ethan S. New Hampshire All news of our proprietor is well. All kids lookingfor an education can apply for an apprenticeship.Artisans and laborers are happy to accepthardworking children. The exports we shipped outthis week included cattle, lumber, fish, and fur. Weimported slaves and are starting to see themaround. The population has been slowly increasingsince the birth of New Hampshire. There aredisputes in England so we signed a merger to bepart of Massachusetts Bay Colony where thefounder of Exeter , New Hampshire JohnWheelwright was banished for his beliefs, whichmade him a separatist. The joining of NewHampshire and Massachusetts has created somequar re l s over re l ig ion . Mos t o f us a reCongregat ional is ts . Most colonis ts f romMassachusetts are puritans and want everybodyelse to be puritan too. Massachusetts is working ona new law stating that all towns that have 50 ormore families need to hire a teacher, partially paidby taxes. This in the future may start a bigeducation system. Mount Washington is scheduled

to be climbed the first time by non-Indians in 1642.Our economy is primarily fishing and trading. Thetown meeting made our first house of worshipcalled The Meeting House Green. It was alsoagreed that every person shall have one half of hisground in upland. Those events happened in NewHampshire. We are hoping for the school law to getaccepted. Let’s pray for a prosperous future.

Andrew Braford"s AmericanWeekly Murcury: Conflicts ofphiladelphia(Posts of Olde Towne Headlines)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:38:59 AM By: Taehoon W The colonist's say that their life had become waybetter than before. One colonist said "Life id reallybetter now. I was living in a cave dug out from theriver bank now I live in a real home. Life inPhiladelphia is way better now."But in the otherhand,many settlers are worried about pickpoketersand other criminals in the city. Also we arethreatened by French and Spanish privateers. ButFranklin says 'do not worry. Franklin gathered 2batteries of volunteers. Also, working in thegovernment has such a poor reputation manypeople are afraid to be elected or work in the office.One man even fled to avoid being mayor. Thecolonists say the city is very dirty with animals andgarbage. The city's Indians are in danger too. Agroup called 'Pixton Boys' are trying to enter thecity to harm the Indians. So Franklin and the

militias are trying to convince them to leave. Howwould the city solve all these problems? Althoughthere are many conflicts but the city is peaceful.There are many gas lights lighting the city. Thecitizens are having a joyful and part worryful lifein the city of Philadelphia.

Current EventsIn RhodeIsland(Posts of Olde Towne Headlines)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:36:28 AM By Isaac D. THEY'VE DONE IT! Anne Hutchinson, WilliamCoddington, John Clarke, and Phillip Shermanhave settled on Rhode Island! Current exports and imports: Ships have arrivedtoday with cattle and a lot of corn. Also Most ofour ships have headed out to export lmber toengland Native News: The Narragansetts have made analliance with the English! They carried out anattack that nearly wiped out the entire Peqoutnation! However, I have also been informed that awar is brewing between the Narragansetts and theEnglish. This is pretty weird considering that theyhad an alliance. I'm just Hoping that we don't getstuck in the middle of it! If we do we better haveour defenses ready because this is gonna be a bigone!

New York News(Posts of Olde Towne Headlines)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:38:04 AM By: William.S It has been a busy month for governor ThomasDongan who was chosen by our proprietor theDuke of York. During our last town hall meetingon October 14, 1683 in Fort James, GovernorDongan permitted residents of the New York

province to elect an assembly. Our assembly willassist the governor and council in governing New

York province. One of the first acts of our newassembly will be the passage of the charter ofliberties and privileges. Our assembly has plans topass this province of New York constitution byOctober 30. New York is the last English colony toestablish an assembly like this. It can pass lawsgoverning us independently just like the house ofparliament back in England. This will be

Artisans Wanted!(Posts of Trading Post)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:36:02 AM By Noah We need ARTISANS! Learn to be an apprentice!Become an ARTISAN and create necessities andobjects like pots, walls, floor tiles, and more!Apply now now to become an apprentice and afteryears of training, become a full-blown ARTISAN!

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New JerseyBreakingNews!!!(Posts of Olde Towne Headlines)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:38:56 AM By: Liana G The preprioters of our home New Jersey allwanted to make money from our colony. Finallythey decided to divide our land into smaller piecesand sell or rent colonists to farm. Lots of reportersare disagreeing and there are lots of peopleprotesting. Since our Preprioters all live in Englandit was very difficult to control our fairway. Oursolution was to pick governors in our colony to ruleit. Each of our governors chose a small group tomake decisions for. most people are agreeing thatgoverners were a great idea. Our prepriotersallowed us to elect representatives to an assembly.Our assembly helped the governor make laws, butsadly it did not have much power.

French FurTrade(Posts of Trading Post)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:38:59 AM By: Stephanie B. Now by all different hats and clothing. Now thereare all new different furs like otter,beaver and fox. we also ship fur to Europe to sell to tailors andmore.we went all throw France to trade with theIndians because they have more crafty designs. Helpwanted need more craft workers and hat makers. We send fur to ship drivers to send out to Englandand all over. sign up now.sign up now. first name: gender:f/m: last name:

A New Ruler andWar(Posts of Olde Towne Headlines)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:42:40 AM by: Emily S. We have many things going on here in Delaware.The first thing that is going on is that WilliamPenn, our earlier proprietor died and recently hiswidow died which leaves their grandson, JohnPenn as proprietor now. Also there is war breakingbetween the British and Delaware. The British triedto bomb us so after the attack we sent 1000 troopsthat are trying to stop the British's invasion. We arestill waiting to see what will happen next. Thereshall be further news about this war later.

Coventry,Connecticut(Posts of Olde Towne Headlines)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:40:56 AM by Pierce H. Breaking News!!! Today at the town council meeting, it wasdiscussed that dirt bikes and motorbikes may beoutlawed in the city. Earlier this month a 21-year-old died in a dirt bike accident which caused thechief of police to question the laws about thesevehicles. they drafted an ordinance that allows theuse of these vehicles on privet property. It also saysriders must be 16 years of age or with a parent.

Middle ColonysClimate During The1600s- The 1750s(Posts of Colonial Climate)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:38:22 AM By Jason T The climate in the middle colonies was warmerthan the New England colonies. Although it was colder than the southern colonies.It was perfect for farming cause of the the weather and the rich soil. It wasalso called the "Bread Basket" because of the grains they grew, likewheat,corn,and barley that they used to make bread!!

How Pennsylvainawas founded(Posts of Olde Towne Headlines)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:45:28 AM By:Madison h. The dutch explored land in the 1600s that was theeastern Pennsylvania area. The Dutch began tosettle here .They traded guns with the Iroquois forfur and animals skins. It became complicated in 1643. Swedish settlersbuilt a colony called New Swden. The Swedes builtlog cabins and lived in them. Swedish Settlers soongot in a conflict with the Dutch.

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The NetherlandConflict(Posts of News from the King)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:38:52 AM By Matthew W. During the period of the Roman Empire, areassouth of the Rhine were included to the province ofGallia,and later of Gemania inferior. The country was inhabited at thetime by various Germanic tribes, and the south wasinhabited by by Gauls, who was merged with newcomers fromother Germanic tribes during the migration period.

AMAZINGENGLAND HISTORY(1650- 1750)(Posts of News from the King)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:40:28 AM By: Erin N. Want to know about England's history ? Well ifyou do here are some of the events that hashappened over the last 100 years. 1650- Tea was introduced to England. 1655-The great bubonic plague of London killed20% of London' population. People think theBubonic plague came

Cod Fishing(Posts of Olde Towne Headlines)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:49:33 AM By Matthew I. Cod fishing in Massachusetts continues to makehistory. Just one hundred years ago about onemillion pounds of fish was exported. Today, thecolony exports more than 20 million pounds. Thefishing industry has provided thousands of jobs forfishermen, shipbuilders, and workers who take thefish and get it ready to be exported.

Farmers Market(Posts of Trading Post)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:38:02 AM By Joey B. Come to my farmers market and buy pork, dairyand vegetables. If you buy 6 vegetables and 2 typesof pork and 4 dairy products you can win a rake forfree!!!But wait there is still more come now and

win 5 items and you chose don't wait come now!!!

HIGH TAXINGCAUSES UPROARIN FRANCE!(Posts of News from the King)Submitted at 12/10/2010 11:52:23 AM by Alexia M In 1650-1750, after the 10th century, France wasruled by monarchs. During the reign of King LouisXIV, the monarchy reached its peak. Louis XIVbuilt the Palace

Can you Believe theWeather?(Posts of Colonial Climate)Submitted at 12/10/2010 9:54:15 AM By Daniel R. Portland, MA- A terrible hurricanehas swept through the nation! Homes were buried,boats were smashed. It was horrible!