NAME THE MISSING COORDINATING CONJUNCTION
Christopher Columbus sailed from Europe to the Americas in 1492, ____________ history was forever changed.
What is "and"?
A sentence with two or more independent clauses
What is a compound sentence?
The colonists arrived in Massachusetts, and the native people greeted them.
What is an example of a compound sentence?
England, France, and Spain battled each other for control of North America.
What is "England," "North America" and "France"? This sentence is an example of a simple sentence with a compound subject.
The leaders of the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia.
What is "met"?
Many people honor Columbus,__________others think he caused more harm than good.
What is "but" or "yet"?
A group of words that have a subject and a verb and could stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is a simple sentence or an independent clause?
Massachusetts' weather was harsh; many colonists died that first winter.
What is an example of a compound sentence?
The war between France and England was extremely costly.
What is "war"?
They voted to declare independence from England.
What is "voted"?
Columbus thought he had reached India,__________ he called the indigenous people "Indians."
What is "so"?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are the seven coordinating conjunctions or fanboys?
The colonists developed their own form of self-government.
What is an example of a simple sentence?
Eventually, the British won nearly all of France's territory in North America.
What is "British"?
Thomas Jefferson wrote the document called the Declaration of Independence, and Benjamin Franklin made some changes.
What are "wrote" and "made"? (It is a compound sentence)
Learning our country's history can sometimes diminish our sense of pride,_________it contains disturbing events as well as admirable ones.
What is "for"? or replace with because without the comma.
This part of a sentence or clause tells what it is about or who or what performs the action.
What is the subject or noun?
The colonists in Jamestown and Plymouth had infrequent communication with their home country of England.
What is an example of a simple sentence? Colonists is the subject.
The cost of the war was great, and England began to tax the colonists to pay for it.
What is "cost" and "England"? (It is a compound sentence.)
The colonists fought a war for eight years against the British, and they eventually won that war.
What are "fought" and "won"?
Many of English colonists of 1620 did not know how to grow food,_______________did they know how to build shelters.
What is "nor"?
This part of a sentence has two or more main verbs attached to one subject.
What is a compound verb or predicate?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson ate pizza and drank alcohol-free beer.
What is a simple sentence? It is an example of a simple sentence with a compound subject and a compound verb or predicate?
The colonists' reaction to the new taxes was violent.
What is "reaction"?
The new United States of America was now a sovereign nation, and its leaders began to build a new democratic form of government.
What are "was" and "began"? This is a compound sentence.