Slide 1Chapter Two Section Two Slide 2 The Birth of a Democratic Nation Slide 3 American Ideas vs. British Control For almost 100 years, American colonial governments enjoyed…

Slide 1Ch. 5, Sec. 2Building Colonial Unity Objectives Know why colonists and British soldiers clashed, resulting in the Boston Massacre. Know why colonists and British soldiers…

Slide 1The Declaration of Independence Slide 2 Background January 1776 – Common Sense is distributed throughout colonies June 7, 1776 - Richard Henry Lee offers a resolution…

1. The Revolutionary War 2. Review The Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, and Intolerable Act led to ………….. ……colonies uniting! First Continental…

Slide 1Tighter British Control Section 1 Slide 2 The Colonists and Britain Grow Apart During the French and Indian War, American colonists helped the British defeat the French.…

Slide 1 King George III Refused To: Allow American colonist representation in Parliament No response to colonists’ complaints and official grievances King George III Slide…

Slide 1 The Revolutionary War Slide 2 Events Leading to War 1. The Continental Congress-September 1774 Philadelphia 55 Delegates including George Washington, Patrick Henry,…

Slide 1 Warm Up Which Enlightenment idea can be seen portrayed in the Declaration of Independence? What type of source is the Declaration of Independence? What did the First…

Slide 1 10-1-14 Table of Contents – #29 Common Sense – Thomas Paine #30 Declaration of Independence # 31 Revolutionary War * At the bottom of the right hand side of page…

Written by: Greg Clevenger European nations were competing with each other for: World resources Military strength Political superiority Some nations were upsetting the balance…