Representative Government:

Road to American Independence

*Review Chapters 1-2 from America.

*Read the handouts, notes, and information in your notebook.

*In your own words, write a summary that thoroughly describes the who, what, where, when and why for each event.  In your own words, explain how each event helped lead to American self-government.

*Artistically portray each events.

* Create a thematic title sheet and try to sequence the events: timeline, picture, chart, description, etc.  Tie the events together in a way that they are linked and explain the "Road to American Independence".

1. Magna Carta / Parliament

2. House of Burgesses in Virginia

3. Mayflower Compact in Massachusetts

4. English Bill of Rights, Glorious Revolution

5. Great Awakening

6. Enlightenment

7. England vs. America: 1763-1774

8. Declaration of Independence

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