Govt.-1.1 by Dillon Wahlenmaier https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9 Colonist declare independence en-us 2017-02-10 15:24:30 UTC 2024-07-25 21:07:06 UTC hello@padlet.com The Declaration of Independence dillon_wahlenmaier https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153083135 July 4 1776 Congress approved final draft]]> 2017-02-10 15:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153083135 Committee named to prepare a Written declaration of independence dillon_wahlenmaier https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153088071 After resolution, a committee was named by congress to prepare a written declaration of independence. This committee included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman]]> 2017-02-10 15:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153088071 Richard Henry Lee dillon_wahlenmaier https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153089994 June 1776 Richard Henry Lee Introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress. On July 2 Congress approved resolution.]]> 2017-02-10 15:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153089994 The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut dillon_wahlenmaier https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153092671 Colonist believed in a representative government so in 1639 colonist in Connecticut wrote America first formal constitution. It gave the people rights to elect governor, judges and representatives.]]> 2017-02-10 15:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153092671 The Mayflower Compact dillon_wahlenmaier https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153101648 1620 - This was the first of many colonial plans for self-government and of colonist declaring their independence.]]> 2017-02-10 16:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153101648 English Bill of Rights dillon_wahlenmaier https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153107885 1689 passed the Bill of Rights which set limits on the monarch.  This system of law had a major influence on the colonies and the development of our government institutions.]]> 2017-02-10 16:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dillon_wahlenmaier/xg7crsqvcxd9/wish/153107885