1. 1700-1799 African American History
Elise Petruska, Ryan Dalson, Veronica Bogdanski, Jason Strauss

2. Introduction
Though few records were kept in the 1700s, we found four events that have greatly impacted our world today. African Americans from Crispus Attucks to Benjamin Banneker have changed our world for the better.

4. Crispus Attucks
The fearless leader of the riot that brought on the Boston Massacre
He was one of the first men to die for the American Revolution, he was a fugitive slave who had escaped from his master and worked 20 years as a merchant.

5. Pictures of Crispus Attucks

6. Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks was killed by gunshot in the Boston Massacre
When five victims were buried in a common grave Attucks was the only victim of the Boston Massacre who was mildly remembered.
He went down in history as the first black man to fight for independence for America from the hands of Britain.

7. 5 Years LATER

8. Phillis Wheatley was a poet She wrote 145 poems in her life
She became a poet at 18 years old

9. Pictures of Phillis Wheatley

10. Phillis Wheatley
The countess of Huntingdon helped Phillis publish a collection of her work
Though most of her poems were published because she begged
Tough times did not discourage Phillis because she was able to keep publishing her poems

11. 2 Years LATER

12. Revolutionary War
5000 African Americans participated in the Revolutionary War on the American side.
Although ¾ of the African Americans in Georgia joined the British side because they were promised independence.

13. Pictures of Revolutionary War

14. Revolutionary War
The navy at the time of the Revolutionary War recruited both free African Americans and enslaved African Americans
African Americans fought at Lexington and Concord, bunker Hill, Fort Ticonderoga, Saratoga, and Yorktown.

15. 17 YEARS LATER

16. Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker was a mathematician and scientist and he saved our nations capital with his incredible intellect.
Andrew Ellicott, the son of George Ellicott, and Benjamin were hired as surveyors and mathematicians in the planning of Washington D.C. It was the first time an African American had received a presidential appointment for a scientific project.

17. Pictures of Benjamin Banneker

18. Benjamin Banneker
L’Enfant designed Washington D.C. but got in a misunderstanding with the Americans and left with his plans for the city and Benjamin Banneker remembered the designs for the unfinished city and saved our nations capital.
Because Banneker reconstructed the plans for Washington D.C. he laid to rest the idea that he was not qualified to be part of the survey team.

20. Conclusion
All the events we have explained to you today are in fact a very important part of not only African American history but also women's rights.