.Directions: Turn to pages 58 to 59 in the 8th Grade Pass Coach book and write down the correct missing statement in your notes while you read. Only write down the notes that are in RED. YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT OUT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK OR ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER. NO COPY AND PASTING ALLOWED.
The Second Continental Congress ●Second Continental Congress - A body of delegates from the 13 colonies that met in Philadelphia shortly after the ______________ war began. –The War began in 1775 –The Congress first met & created the Continental Army to fight against the British. George __________________ was appointed by the Congress to be the army’s commander ●The Second Continental Congress Adopted – The ____________ of Independence – the U.S. document that announced on July 4th, 1776 that the American Colonies should be proclaimed free from Great __________. –At First – S.C. delegates voted against Independence. –In a second vote – S.C. delegates changed their minds & voted in favor of Independence from Great Britain. ●*The Five South Carolina Signers of the Declaration of Independence – Governor ________, Lynch, Arthur, Middleton, & Thomas Heyward Jr. ●South Carolinian Henry Laurens – President of the Continental Congress ●*Articles of _____________ - The First Constitution of the United States. –It was adopted to united all colonies as states in 1781.
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Directions: Turn to page 58 in the 8th Grade Pass Coach book and write down the correct missing statement in your notes while you read. Only write down the notes that are in RED. YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT OUT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK OR ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER. NO COPY AND PASTING ALLOWED.
Lesson 11: A New American Nation ●South Carolina created it’s First Constitution before the ___________ of ___________ was signed. ●It was first of the 13 Colonies to do so. ●South Carolina’s First Constitution –Legislature with two houses: ●Commons House of Assembly – Represents the citizens of ________ Carolina. ●Upper House – Elected by the Commons. ●President – Elected by the Upper House of Legislature & had power to veto laws. ●The Constitution also caused tension between the Upcountry and Lowcountry of South Carolina. ●1778 – South Carolina adopts a Second Constitution 2 years after the Declaration of Independence. ●The 2nd Constitution dropped the Church of ____________ as a state supported church. –It smoothed things over between the Upcountry & Lowcountry. The First Continental Congress- A body of some 55 representatives appointed by legislatives of 12 North American Colonies ●Articles of Association – Petition of Grievances against Great Britain by the American Colonies , and a united decision to impose economics to pressure a resolution – 1774. ●Apart of Articles of Association – South Carolinians Thomas Lynch, Christopher _____________, & Gov. John Rutledge signed it. –S.C. Governor John Rutledge drafted a letter to the King of England explaining the harsh punishments of the Intolerable Acts in the Colonies. Directions: Turn to pages 55 to 57 in the 8th Grade Pass Coach book and write down the correct missing statement in your notes while you read. Only write down the notes that are in RED. YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT OUT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK OR ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER. NO COPY AND PASTING ALLOWED.
The Battle of Cowpens ●British General Cornwallis sent Colonel ___________ _____________ & his troops to North Carolina. –The Continental Army heard about this & were getting ready. ●Continental Army General Daniel Morgan & his backwoodsmen teamed up with Patriot Guerilla Leader _________ __________ & his Partisan Guerilla militia. ●Morgan & Pickens fought against Tartleton at the ____________ - A grazing area of cows. –Hence: Battle of Cowpens ●*The Battle of __________ is remembered for the non-traditional fighting tactics of General Morgan. –Example: Morgan placed his soldiers on hills that would make retreating impossible. ●First line of Troops – Picken’s militiamen. –The militiamen would only fire two shots at the British & then move to the back of the group – They would try & trick the British. ●The ______________ Army hid behind the Partisans & tricked the British into getting killed. ●The success of this battle – A surprising victory that changed the ___________ of the war. –The British retreated to Virginia. –South Carolina had them on the run boys!!!!!! –AMERICAN PATRIOT VICTORY!!!!!! |
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