1. American Revolution
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why are the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights important to American history?

2. TEKS and Objectives We will… I will..
(1A) analyze and evaluate the Declaration of Independence (1C) explain contributions of Founding Fathers (23C) explain how participation in the democratic process reflects our national ethos, patriotism, and civic responsibility as well as our progress to build a “more perfect union.”
Identify important information and contributions about Founding Fathers
Analyze text from the Declaration of Independence

3. Conflict with Great Britain
King George III
implemented economic/political policies that angered colonists
Proclamation of 1763
law prohibited settlement west of Appalachian mountains
Mercantilism
policy that colonies should support mother country by providing raw materials

4. Boston Massacre, 1770 Conflict between colonists and British soldiers
Troops fired into crowd killing 5 and injuring 6

5. No Taxation without Representation
Sugar Act (1764), Stamp Act (1765), Townshend Acts (1767)
Tea Act led to Boston Tea Party
organized by Samuel Adams (leader of the Sons of Liberty)
Intolerable Acts
meant to punish those protesters

6. First Continental Congress - 1774
Philadelphia
Delegates from each colony
Resolutions
Boycott British goods
Cease British trade
Form militias

7. Declaration of Independence - 1776
List of Grievances
Complaints and solutions
Unalienable rights
Rights that you are born with
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Key Philosophical Principles:
Equality
Unalienable Rights
Consent of the Governed

8. Second Continental Congress
Led by George Washington
Met to fight the American Revolution

9. Governors turned Patriots
Johnathan Trumball, Sr. of Connecticut
Washington’s close friend
Supplied army with food, clothing and munitions

10. Religious Patriots John Peter Muhlenberg “Black Regiment”
Protestant Minister
Enlisted men to Continental Army at sermons
“Black Regiment”
ministers who wore black robes while preaching
who worked to recruit large numbers of volunteers for war

11. Signers of the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
President of the Continental Congress
Benjamin Rush
“Father of American Medicine”
physician, educator, humanitarian
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
one of the wealthiest men in colonies
helped finance war
Catholic
John Witherspoon
Leading member of Continental Congress
founder of Princeton University
“was not only ripe for independence, but in danger of rotting for the want of it”

12. American Revolution (1775-1783)
Patriots (rebels) vs. Loyalists (Loyal to the king)
Important Battles
Lexington & Concord
Saratoga
Yorktown
Ended with Treaty of Paris (1783)

13. Articles of Confederation - 1781
First form of government in the United States
Weak
No power to tax
No executive branch
Only one vote per state
No national army
No national currency
No national court system
Unanimous vote required for changes
State-first attitude