1. And Away We Go!
Intro the Revolution

2. Thomas Jefferson —Thomas Jefferson,
“Believe me, dear Sir: there is not in the British empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But, by the God that made me, I will cease to exist before I yield to a connection on such terms as the British Parliament propose; and in this, I think I speak the sentiments of America.”
—Thomas Jefferson,
November 29, 1775

3. Final Straws Taxation Latest Intolerable Acts
The colonists refused to pay taxes levied from the British Parliament while there were no colonial representatives
“No taxation without representation!” became a colonial rallying cry
Latest Intolerable Acts
Quartering Act – Forced the colonists to house British soldiers in their homes
Port Bill – Closed Boston ports until the tea from the Tea Party was paid for
Assembly Act – Disbanded the colonial government in Massachusetts and replaced it with a British military officer
Rebuke of the Olive Branch Petition

4. Declaration of Independence

5. The Declaration of Independence
Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia
Formal explanation for the colonies separation from the British Empire
July 4, 1776, is the day that the final wording was approved by Congress
Lists grievances against King George III, as well as the colonists belief in certain natural rights.

6. Highlights:
“When in the course of Human events it becomes necessary to dissolve the political bands that have connected them to another, and to assume among the powers of the Earth, the separate and equal stature to which the Laws of Nature, and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
“ 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 the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

7. Grievances:
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat (sic.) the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

12. John Trumball’s famous painting

13. American Armies General George Washington Commander-in-Chief,
Continental Army
Marquis de Lafayette
French Army
General Nathaniel Greene
Continental Army
Admiral Comte de Grasse
French Navy

14. American Armies Captain John Paul Jones American Navy
Marshall Comte de Rochambeau
French Army
Major General Benedict Arnold
Continental Army

15. Royal British Armies: General Lord Charles Cornwallis
Royal British Army
General Sir Henry Clinton
Commander-in-Chief
Royal British Army
General Sir William Howe
Royal British Army
General Sir Banastre Tarleton
Royal British Cavalry

16. British Armies General John Burgoyne Royal British Army
Brigadier General Benedict Arnold
Royal British Army
Colonel Johann Rall
Hessian Mercenaries

17. Were you paying attention?
Kahoot - Declaration of Independence