THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE AMERICAN COLONISTS AND BRITAIN GROWS, AND EVENTUALLY LEADS TO WAR. The Road to Lexington and Concord.
Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776 AP US History East High School Mr. Peterson Fall 2010.
War for Independence. 1 st Continental Congress 1774 Meets in Philadelphia Meets in Philadelphia Why Philadelphia? Why Philadelphia? Purpose of the Continental.
2.2 The First Government. American Ideas vs. British Control For almost 100 years, American colonial governments enjoyed relative self - government from.
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America’s History Fifth Edition Chapter 5: Toward Independence: Years of Decision, 1763–1775 Copyright © 2004 by Bedford/St. Martin’s Henretta Brody Dumenil.
Excerpts from The Declaration of Independence. Excerpt 1: When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political.
Declaration of Independence Translations. Excerpt 1: “When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political.
Road to Revolution. Meaning of Words Define the underlined words using context clues or prior knowledge. Colonial policy remained marginal to the chief.
Ch. 5, Sec. 4 Moving Toward Independence Objectives: 1.Know what happened at the Second Continental Congress. 2.Know why the colonists drafted the Declaration.
Moving Toward Independence. “Acts” outrage people of all colonies British actions threaten colonial rights and liberty June 1774- Committee of Correspondence.
The War for Independence Chapter 4. George Washington. The War for Independence Thomas Jefferson draws on Enlightenment ideas in drafting the Declaration.
