The document discusses the process of drafting and adopting the Declaration of Independence, including:
1) The Second Continental Congress formed a Committee of Five which included Thomas Jefferson to draft the declaration.
2) Jefferson wrote the first draft and had input from others like Benjamin Franklin and John Adams.
3) The Continental Congress debated and revised the draft before adopting the final version on July 4th, 1776.
11. • Parliaments places
Sugar Act
a tax on sugar
• Colonies can
Trade export their
monopoly products to only
Great Britain
King George III
• a tax on all printed
of the United Kingdom material, such as
Stamp Act
newspapers and
playing cards.
16. Thomas Jefferson
(right), Benjamin Franklin
(left), and John Adams
(center) meet at Jefferson's
lodgings, on the corner of
Seventh and High (Market)
streets in Philadelphia, to
review a draft of the
Declaration of Independence
18. Declaration Of Independence, Constitution Of The United
States Of America, Bill Of Rights And Constitutional
Amendments by Benjamin Franklin
19. • A British-made film about the War of
Independence was never likely to succeed with
American audiences, but the box-office failure of
this expensive, high-profile film did not necessarily
stem from nationalistic prejudice. Revolution is
surprisingly even-handed. True, the American
patriots are portrayed as excitable rabble, but the
sadistic British are hardly the heroes of the film.