DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• CONTENT AMERICAN HISTORY
• GRADE LEVEL 8

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TEACHER PAGE

• CONTENT AMERICAN HISTORY
• GRADE LEVEL 8TH
• CREATOR DEBBY MCCOY
• MAP STANDARD 1 KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPLES
  EXPRESSED IN DOCUMENTS SHAPING CONSITTUTIONAL
  DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES
• MAP GOAL 1 - ORGANIZE DATA, INFORMATION AND
  IDEAS INTO USEFUL FORMS FOR ANALYSIS OR
  PRESENTATION
• MAP GOAL 2 PLAN AND MAKE WRITTEN, ORAL AND
  VISUAL PRESENTATIONS FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES
  AND AUDIENCES

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution

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WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Paper and pencil
• To take notes

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WHAT YOU WILL DEMONSTRATE

• How to complete a compare and contrast chart
• Writing a paper contrasting the Articles of
  Confederation and the United States Constitution
  using the chart

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCEWHY DID IT HAPPEN?

• Colonies became more independent from Great
  Britain
• King George became more demanding of colonies
• King George needed money to help finance Great
  Britain

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCEWHAT DID IT SAY?

• All people are entitled to life liberty and the
  pursuit of happiness
• Listed all the wrongs committed by King George
  upon the American colonies
• Declared the American colonies independence from
  Great Britain

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCEWHAT WAS THE RESULT?

• American Revolutionary War War for Independence
• New government