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ThePathtoWar
TheAmericanRevolutiondidnotjusthappenoneday,manyeventsledupto
it.Asaclasswearegoingtoexaminetheseevents,createaposter,and
participateinamuseumwalk.OnFriday,wewillalsobefillingoutagraphic
organizertobetterunderstandhowtheeventsinfluencedthemindsand
actionsofthepeople.

Asagroupyouwillbeworkingtogethertocompleteaposterthatwillbe
showntoyourclassmatesinallofmyclasses.Theseposterswillbeusedto
helpyourpeersunderstandtheeventyouworkedon.

TheRequirements:
1. Thedate!!Niceandbig,includethedateoftheevent.
2. TheNameoftheEvent
3. AdetaileddescriptionoftheEvent(58sentences)
4. AnexplanationofhowitledtoTheRevolution(35
sentences)
5. Apicturewithanexplanationthathelpsus
understandtheeventbetter
6. AfunfactthatISNOTincludedinthedescription

Thiswillbecompletedonapieceofconstructionpaperthatyouwill
receiveAFTERyoushowMs.Frazeracompletedroughdraft.

Due:EndofClassonThursday9/22/16
Seethebackforanexample.

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TheDeclarationofIndependence
SignedonJuly4,1774

PaintingbyJohnTrumbull(1826)depictingthesigningofthedeclaration.InityouseeThomas
Jefferson,theprincipalwriter,presentingthedocumenttoJohnHancocktheleaderofCongress.

TheDeclarationofIndependenceisperhapsthemostfamousdocumentinUnitedStateshistoryas
itformallyannouncedthatthethirteencolonieswouldbeseekingindependencefromEngland.
Itsfamouswords,Weholdthesetruthstobeselfevidentthatallmenarecreatedequalhave
echoedthroughouthistoryandbecomethebackboneofdemocracy.Thisdocumentwasbasedoff
oftheVirginianDeclarationofRightswrittenbyThomasJefferson.TheCongressmetonJune7
andonJune11thJefferson,BenjaminFranklin,JohnAdams,RogerSherman,andRobert
Livingstonwereappointedwiththetaskofdraftingthedocument.Theysubmittedtheirdrafton
June28thandthenfromJuly1st4ththedocumentwasdebatedandeditedbeforethefinal
versionwassignedonthe4thofJuly!

ThesigningoftheDeclarationofIndependenceleadtotheAmericanRevolutionbyformally
declarationrevolutionagainstBritain,assertingthehumanrightofindependenceovera
nondemocraticgovernment,andbindingthefoundingfatherstogetherinthisfightafterthey
signedtheirnames.

The56menwhosignedtheDeclarationofIndependencewerecommittinghightreasonacrime
againstthegovernmentandiffoundcouldbeimprisonedandexecuted.Atleast5oftheoriginal
signerswerearrested.

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