Notes
- It was a letter to British Parliament to say they were breaking free
- No taxation without representation!!!!!
- Tar and feather
- First Continental Congress 1774 Carpenters’ Hall - Two months long
- Continue to boycott British goods
- Petitioned to King
- Second Continental Congress Summer 1775
- First Battle Lexington and Concord April 19,1775
- Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock-Patriots
- 2CC to make a plan to fight a war and choose leaders
- Are we going to fight, write a letter or both
- By early 1776 more people favored independence
- A pamphlet By patriot Thomas Paine “Common Sense”
- They insulted King George in the Declaration of Independence
- 1CC was about the intolerable acts
- 2CC was like new government
- 2CC 3 tasks-1 bring all colonies together for war
- 2 who should lead new army-George Washington
- 3 if they would declare Independence from England
- 2-6 people from each state
- 10 “tea parties”
- Massachusetts wanted freedom the most
- Sons of Liberty, Tar and Feather, Boston Tea Party
- Native Americans Supported them and France did too
- No age to join army
Questions 1. What did we decide during the 2nd Continental Congress? 2. What is one thing that you think everyone should know about the 2nd Continental Congress? 3. Why should more teachers try to connect with other classrooms when learning things like history? | Answers
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