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Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776. <www.archives.gov> When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which...
These are ready-to-use Second Continental Congress worksheets that are perfect for teaching students about the Second Continental Congress which was held in the Independence Hall of Philadelphia on May 10, 1775. It succeeded the First Continental Congress and preceded the Congress of Confederation in...
Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776. <www.archives.gov> We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure ...
In response to the Coercive Acts, theFirst Continental Congressmet in 1774 and Jefferson wrote “A Summary View of the Rights of British America.” Revolution was officially in the air. 5. Tea Party protestors dressed as ‘Indians,’ but not convincingly. ...
Continental Congress The first Continental Congress convened in September of 1774 with Samuel Adams as a founding member. Adams stayed in the Congress until 1781. In that time, Adams signed the Declaration of Independence and was noted for eloquent speeches about the political philosophy of the ne...
Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Instead it is a formal copy that the Continental Congress hired someone to make for them after the text was approved. This formal copy was probably made by Timothy Matlack, an assistant to the Secretary of Congress. This copy was signed on August 2, ...
In 1776, the Continental Congress sent Franklin to France to seek military aid for the revolution. The 70-year-old was already world-renowned for his lighting experiments—the French even called their electrical experimenters “Franklinistes”—but his fame soared to new heights after his arrival...
Today a little education about education. First I’ll crunch some numbers, as I like to do. 4,726 = the number of colleges and universities United States. $589 billion = the amount spent by students annually. Of that figure, $393 billion = tuition fees, and ...
John Hanson president of Continental Congress; Matthew Henson explorer; Billie Holiday jazz-blues singer; Johns Hopkins financier; Reverdy Johnson statesman; Thomas Johnson political leader; Francis Scott Key lawyer and poet; Barbara Kingsolver novelist; Thurgood Marshall jurist; H. L. Menck...