The war of Independence 外语精品课件讲座

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2、021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载16ental Congress convened in Philadelphias Carpenters Hall on September 5, 1774. The idea of such a meeting was advanced a year earlier by Benjamin Franklin, but failed to gain much support until after the Port of Boston was closed in response to the Boston Tea Party. The Congress

3、 did not advocate independence2021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载172021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载18The First Armed Clash : Early Fif Lexingtoneneral Thomas Gagedetached a unit of British soldiers to destroy the colonial weapon stores at Concord, MA.The move was not unexpected. When the British troops landed on 18 April, Pau

4、l Revere made his famous ride to alert the militias. Upon encountering stout colonial resistance at Concord, the British withdrew to Boston. Along the retreat, the real battle was fought as the British soldiers were subjected to nearly constant sniper fire and ambushes. The British lost nearly 20% o

5、f the original force and had to be rescued by reinforcements.2021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载19Paul Revere and William Dawes make midnight ride to warn Minutemen of approaching British soldiers2021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载202021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载212021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载222021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载232021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载242021/8/12

6、最新 PPT 欢迎下载252021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载261 All people have equal rights.“We hold these truths to be self-evident, 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.”2 Great Britain had tr

7、eated the colonists wrongfully. 3 The colonies were now an independent country known as the United States of America. Declaration of Independence 3 Main Parts2021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载272021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载282021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载292021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载302021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载31s use of this but instead replac

8、es possessions with the pursuit of happiness. These ideas were incorporated in to the declaration and provided the basis for Jeffersons argument. The ideas that Jefferson borrowed from former thinkers eventually became central to the United States government. These ideas would eventually be incorpor

9、ated into the Constitution and then ground the arguments of future revolutionaries both in the United States and worldwide.2021/8/12最新 PPT 欢迎下载32Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be freeJefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them. - Thomas Jefferson2021/8/12最新 PPT