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U.S. Unit 3 W30L4 Declaration of Independence

Published on Sep 21, 2017

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Learning Objective:
Understand the process of how the United States became independent

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June 7 - Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution urging Congress to declare independence from Great Britain.
June 11 - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston were appointed to a committee to draft a declaration of independence.
June 28 - A fair copy of the committee draft of the Declaration of Independence was read in Congress.
July 1-4 - Congress debated and revised the Declaration of Independence.
July 4 - Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.

July 4 - Congress ordered that the Declaration of Independence be printed (Dunlap Broadsides).

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The Declaration of Independence slides

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