Entry Task

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Entry Task

• Please put your homework in the In-Box
• Collect your notebook from the bin
• Write down todays word
• Candid (adj.)
• Quietly write a prediction for todays word.

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Agenda

• Roll/Entry Task
• Admin
• Important Dates
• CCD Quiz
• Chapter 5 Quiz
• Chapter 5, Section 4
• Class Read/Notes

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Second Continental Congress

• Began May 10, 1775
• From the 1st Congress John and Samuel Adams,
  Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and George
  Washington
• New Members Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and
  John Hancock

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Decisions

• Printed money
• Set up a post office
• Established committees to communicate with other
  countries
• Created the Continental Army- placed Washington
  in charge

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Decisions (cont.)

• Sent the King a petition asking for peace
• Called it the Olive Branch Petition
• Why Olive Branch?
• Why did the colonists send the petition?

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Early Military Action

• The Continental Army seized Montreal
• Benedict Arnolds attack on Quebec failed
• July 1775 Washington takes control of the army.
• March 1776 Washington attacks Boston
• March 17th The British flee, colonists take
  Boston.

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Thomas Paine

• Published Common Sense in January 1776
• His essay called for complete independence
• Increased support amongst colonists

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The Declaration of Independence

• Richard Henry Lee submitted a Resolution for
  Independence
• Jefferson was chosen to write the declaration
• Drew ideas from John Lockes work
• July 2, 1776 Congress votes to pass Lees
  resolution
• July 4th, 1776 Declaration is approved and
  signed.