Create a timeline of the above events April 18, 1775 Lexington and Concord___ May 20, 1775 ______________________ June 14, 1775______________________ June 17, 1775______________________ Feb.27, 1776_______________________ April 12, 1776______________________ July 4, 1776 ________________________

Documents of the Revolution

Homework Walk: Take 2 sticky notes and as you tour everyones homework, choose one comic and one historical rewrite to leave a comment for. You may want to take your notebook so you can make notes about important things you learned.

Use page in NC Book to Answer What did the 2 nd Continental congress create and who did they appoint its leader? Why was the Battle of Bunker Hill significant for the American? What was the nickname of the Battle of Moore’s Creek? What were the positive effects of the Battle of Moore’s Creek? What were the Halifax Resolves and why were they significant? What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence (3)? What did the Mecklenburg Resolves do(3) and what was its significance?

1 st Continental Congress September 1774 Philadelphia, PA Delegates from some colonies came together to discuss possible actions against the British taxes and laws Decided to – boycott British goods – Ban trade with Britain – Began to train soldiers for a possible war

Second Continental Congress The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies Began May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, PA soon after shooting in the Revolutionary War had begun The Second Congress Managed the colonial war effort Chose George Washington as general of the independence army Tried to raise money for the army

Mecklenburg Resolves According to North Carolinian folk-lore, some citizens of Mecklenburg Co. gathered in Charlotte on May 20, 1775 and signed a declaration of independence from Britain- the 1 st of these in the American colonies. Not a lot of documented evidence. The story was popularized in later years by some who claimed to have been signatories. The document itself was alleged to have burned in a fire in 1800 The date of the event was memorialized on the state seal and on the state flag.

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Published anonymously in 1776 – 6 months before “Declaration of Independence” Paine's “Common Sense” was a radical and passionate call for America to free itself from British rule and to set up an independent government. Paine pushed for country where personal freedom and social equality would be upheld. His pamphlet was the first to speak directly to a mass audience - it went through fifty- six editions within a year of publication Converted thousands of citizens to the cause of American independence.

4 TH Provincial Congress of NC Halifax Assembly The Halifax Resolves were the first official acts by any of the 13 colonies calling for independence from Great Britain. The state of NC, on April 12, 1776, authorized her delegates to the Provincial Congress to vote for independence. The 83 delegates present in Halifax, NC at the Fourth Provincial Congress unanimously adopted the Halifax Resolves

This mural, by artist Francis Vandeveer Kughler, depicts the delegates to the Fourth Provincial Congress at Halifax leaving the Halifax courthouse at nightfall on April 12, 1776, after they had voted "to concur in independency" by adopting the Halifax Resolves. Among those in the scene are Samuel Johnson, Thomas Burke, and Cornelius Harnett Fourth Provincial Congress Halifax, NC

Why were the Halifax Resolves important? The Halifax Resolves were taken by NC delegates to Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Virginia followed with her own recommendations soon after the adoption of the Halifax Resolution, and eventually on July 4, the final draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn were the delegates from North Carolina who signed the Declaration of Independence.

Declaration of Independence Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in the morning of a bright, sunny, but cool Philadelphia day. John Dunlap prints the Declaration of Independence. These prints are now called "Dunlap Broadsides." Twenty-four copies are known to exist, two of which are in the Library of Congress. One of these was Washington's personal copy. Written by: Thomas Jefferson Signed: July 4, 1776 Open NC book p

Grievances against the King and others from the Declaration of Independence: *Forbidden by the Governors to pass laws that they wish to have *Governors dissolved the Assemblies for opposing the governors *Has not allowed us to elect our own Justices in courts *Has sent officers over to harass our people *Has kept a standing army in our colonies *Made the military more powerful than our Civil Power *Forced us to quarter troops *Cut off our trade with all parts of the world *Imposing taxes without our consent *prevented us from trial by a jury *Taking away our charters and making us royal colonies *Waging war against us *Has set the Indians against us and gave them guns

Homework: Read the Declaration as a break-up letter and the modern translations. How would you fill in each of the 5 sections if you were a colonist breaking up with England? 1. Statement of purpose: When someone wants to separate from another you should announce that you are doing this (Preamble) 2. Why you feel you must do this. 3. List all the things the person has done wrong. (In the case of Thomas Jefferson et al, there were 27 specific offenses committed by King George) 4. State all of the things you did to make it work, and how they were ignored. 5. Pronounce that you are officially free from all ties of the person you are breaking up with.