8. 1st Continental Congress
• Send King George a letter
• Pledged allegiance
• Demanded repeal of the coercive act
• Declared a boycott
• Agreed to meet again
9. Straight trippin’
• King George sent more troops to Boston
• Colonies formed militias
• Red Coats sent to take the militia's armory
• Faced off at Lexington & Concord
10.
11. 2nd continental congress
• We meet again
• Organized an army (led by who?)
• 1776 T-pain wrote common sense “tyranny”
• Need complete independence
12. Declaration of
Independence
• Thomas Jefferson
• Break up letter
• “free & independent
• Listed grievances
• “life liberty & property” natural rights
• Governments duty to protect those rights
15. Setting up a government
• Articles of Confederation
• Issues with federalism
• Constitution
• Solid Federalism
• Separation of powers
• Popular sovereignty
16. Not quite right
• Some refused to ratify without a guarantee of individual
rights
• Bill of Rights