logging in or signing up revolution2 Mahugani Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 348 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 28, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide2: What led to the writing of the Declaration Of Independence and the Revolutionary War? French and Indian War: French and Indian War Britain helped colonists defeat French in war Britain needed money to pay for war expenses Taxed colonists, restricted settlements and limited self-govt. Sugar Act and Stamp Act: Sugar Act and Stamp Act British taxed colonists on many of the goods coming into the colonies from other places British imposed taxes upon all paper products and stamped the item once the tax had been played. Colonists react…: Colonists react… “No Taxation Without Representation!”Various protests:: Various protests:Boston Tea Party: Boston Tea Party Lower price on British tea Colonists still pay taxes Boycotted British tea Sons of Liberty dressed in disguise and dumped British tea overboardKing George III passes the “Intolerable Acts”: King George III passes the “Intolerable Acts” The Royal Navy blockades the Boston Harbor so no colonial goods could be sent out until tea was paid for. Colonists had to quarter the British soldiers. The King assigned British General Gage to be Massachusetts governor. Slide10: First Continental Congress meets in PhiladelphiaConflict at Lexington and Concord: Conflict at Lexington and ConcordSecond Continental Congress: Second Continental Congress Representatives brought money to help establish… the Continental Army (i.e. pay soldiers, buy guns, bullets, food, and uniforms independence : (n): independence : (n) the freedom to govern on one’s own. declaration : (n) an official statementWho was involved?: Who was involved? Benjamin Franklin John Adams Robert R. Livingston Roger Sherman Thomas JeffersonWhere did it all take place?: Where did it all take place? This is a replica of the Graff house where Jefferson wrote the majority of the 1st draft of the Declaration of Independence. The original building (at this location) was destroyed in 1888. What did it look like?: What did it look like? Who wrote the first draft?Who signed it first?: Who signed it first?Parts of the Declaration: Parts of the Declaration 1 2 3 4What happened after it was signed and where is it now?: What happened after it was signed and where is it now?What happened to the men who risked their lives to sign?: What happened to the men who risked their lives to sign? See Word document The Price they paid and Declaration of Independence You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
revolution2 Mahugani Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 348 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 28, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide2: What led to the writing of the Declaration Of Independence and the Revolutionary War? French and Indian War: French and Indian War Britain helped colonists defeat French in war Britain needed money to pay for war expenses Taxed colonists, restricted settlements and limited self-govt. Sugar Act and Stamp Act: Sugar Act and Stamp Act British taxed colonists on many of the goods coming into the colonies from other places British imposed taxes upon all paper products and stamped the item once the tax had been played. Colonists react…: Colonists react… “No Taxation Without Representation!”Various protests:: Various protests:Boston Tea Party: Boston Tea Party Lower price on British tea Colonists still pay taxes Boycotted British tea Sons of Liberty dressed in disguise and dumped British tea overboardKing George III passes the “Intolerable Acts”: King George III passes the “Intolerable Acts” The Royal Navy blockades the Boston Harbor so no colonial goods could be sent out until tea was paid for. Colonists had to quarter the British soldiers. The King assigned British General Gage to be Massachusetts governor. Slide10: First Continental Congress meets in PhiladelphiaConflict at Lexington and Concord: Conflict at Lexington and ConcordSecond Continental Congress: Second Continental Congress Representatives brought money to help establish… the Continental Army (i.e. pay soldiers, buy guns, bullets, food, and uniforms independence : (n): independence : (n) the freedom to govern on one’s own. declaration : (n) an official statementWho was involved?: Who was involved? Benjamin Franklin John Adams Robert R. Livingston Roger Sherman Thomas JeffersonWhere did it all take place?: Where did it all take place? This is a replica of the Graff house where Jefferson wrote the majority of the 1st draft of the Declaration of Independence. The original building (at this location) was destroyed in 1888. What did it look like?: What did it look like? Who wrote the first draft?Who signed it first?: Who signed it first?Parts of the Declaration: Parts of the Declaration 1 2 3 4What happened after it was signed and where is it now?: What happened after it was signed and where is it now?What happened to the men who risked their lives to sign?: What happened to the men who risked their lives to sign? See Word document The Price they paid and Declaration of Independence