1. Continental Congress
1774
1775

2. 1st Continental Congress
Members were:
Samuel Adams (Massachusetts)
John Adams (Massachusetts)
John Jay (New York)
George Washington (Virginia)
Richard Henry Lee (Virginia)
Patrick Henry (Virginia)

3. 1st Continental Congress
Leaders from 12 of the 13 colonies sent representatives.
There was not a representative from Georgia.

4. 1st Continental Congress
Made a request for peace and fairness
Did not approve taxation without their consent
Gathered a list of grievances and stated their rights as colonists
Continued to boycott and stopped trade with England
Recommended that militias prepare to fight
Set up their next meeting time

5. Declaring Freedom Activity
Make a 3 column Chart and label them Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
List each of the 27 complaints under one of the 3 columns.
Declaring Freedom Activity
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness

6. Declaring Freedom Activity
Violations like “waging war against us” and “destroying lives of our people” would fall under the right to life.
Coming under violations of liberty would be such wrongs as quartering troops among the colonists or judges serving solely at the king’s will.
Assaults against the pursuit of happiness would include such injustices as trade and land acquisition restrictions.

7. Declaring freedom activity
According to the document, which right was violated most often by the British?
Do you think the Patriots were justified in their effort to set up a new government? Explain your answer.
Define the terms endowed and unalienable in the context of their use in the declaration of independence.
The second paragraph of this states that it is both the right and the duty of people to overthrow a tyrannical government. Based upon this statement and the long list of violations that follow, does the final sentence of the declaration of independence seem fitting or out of place? Explain your answer.

8. 2nd Continental Congress
Appointed Washington as Commander of the Continental Army
Made a request for peace called the Olive Branch Petition
Set up a committee to write the Declaration of Independence
Set up a national government under the Articles of Confederation