Transcript Independence Hall - U. S. Citizenship Teachers

Independence Hall
by Don
Fisher
Philadelphia in the 1700’s
21 years
to build
First Continental Congress met in 1774
Assembly
Room
Washington
appointed General
of the Army 1775
Active in all the
meetings
“Father of our
Country”
First President of
the United States
Jefferson
(the main writer)
shows Franklin
the Declaration
of
Independence
Declaration of Independence
“that all men are
created equal, that
they are endowed
by their Creator
with certain
unalienable Rights,
that among these
are Life, Liberty,
and the pursuit of
Happiness.”
Signing the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Liberty
Bell was
rung before
the
Declaration
was read.
Betsy Ross lived
in Philadelphia
and sewed the
first flag in 1777.
Revolutionary War Ended
Cornwallis Gives his
Sword to Washington
1781
Treaty of Paris
1783
Articles of
Confederation Failed
Back to
Independence Hall
Founding Fathers Wrote the Constitution
Franklin was the oldest member of
the member of the Constitutional
Convention.
Constitution
We the
People
1787
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Built in 21 years
Washington appointed General in 1775
Declaration of Independence 1776
American flag created 1777
Furniture burned by British 1778
Constitution written 1787