PPT-America post-Washington

Abigail Adams Known as a mother of the Constitution Wife to 2 nd president John Adams She was very well educated and intelligent She envisioned a noble government with liberty and justice for all. TCI Ch. . Add to your notebook. Segregation Post WWII (Civil Rights) 5. How . did you feel as a member of the B group? As a member of the A group?. What . privileges enjoyed by the A group were denied to the B group? How did this affect both . attending . Benedict’s . address last April at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. .. Washington (CNN) -. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich condemned the growth of American secularism in harsh terms Wednesday at a Catholic prayer breakfast in Washington.. America Secedes from the Empire . The Second Continental Congress . met on May 10, 1775 in Philadelphia. At this meeting, every colony was represented. . There was still no . well-defined sentiment for independence—merely a desire to keep fighting in the hope that the king and Parliament would consent to rectify their grievances. The congress drafted appeals to the British people and to the King but these appeals were rejected or ignored. . George . Washington Drafted. 20,000 fired-up militiamen swarmed . Boston . area following the first shots at Lexington and Concord. . redcoats outnumbered. .. Second . Continental Congress.  met in May 1775 in . Early American Art. Death of General Wolf, . 1770 . Benjamin West. 4’11”x7’ National . Gallery of Art, Ottawa. Paul Revere, . 1768-1770. John Singleton . Copley. 35 1/8 x 28 1/2 in, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Author: . Phillis Wheatley . Purpose: . praise Washington & American troops . Type: . poem of praise . Audience: . Washington, possibly public . Glorifies bravery & goodness of revolutionary cause by personifying America . Done by Alice Baranov, grade 6. Discovery of America. Christopher Columbus discovered North America.. He discovered it in 1492. Christopher Columbus decided to sail to West India, as he was sure, that the planet was round.. Aftermath of Lexington and Concord. After the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord in April of 1775,. about 20,000 Minutemen swarmed around Boston, where they outnumbered. the British. .. Even though they were fighting, for the first year of the war, they . The American Revolutionary War pt 3. "These are the times that try men's souls". THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.. Chapter 6. France Finds a Foothold in Canada. Like England and Holland, France was a latecomer in the scramble for New World real estate.. The edict of Nantes in 1598 granted limited toleration to French Protestants.. 1775–1783. I. Congress Drafts George Washington. Second Continental Congress. meets in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775:. Most important single action—selected George Washington to head army:. Choice was made with considerable misgivings. France Finds a Foothold In Canada. Latecomers to colonization (just like GB) due to internal issues & foreign wars. Catholics & Huguenots (Calvinists) - (. St.Barthomomew’s. Day . 1572 . 10,000. . . and the 1790s. Objectives. NAT 2.0. Explain how interpretations of the Constitution and debates over rights, liberties, and definitions of citizenship have affected American values, politics, and society.. Herblock Political Comic Analysis 1949, By. ""Fire!" (Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium, Library of Congress Exhibition)." Library of Congress Home . Web. 28 Sept. 2010. <http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/fire.html>.