Foundations

Grade 3, Unit 2, Lesson 1

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Continental Congress

con=with

gress=to walk

congress: a formal meeting or assembly of representatives for discussion

the leaders came together to meet and define path they would walk to achieve their goals of freedom for the colonies

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At the Continental Congress, the committee to write the

Declaration of Independence included:

Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston and

Roger Sherman

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From a letter by John Adams where he remembers the writing of the Declaration of Independence:

“The committee met, discussed the subject, and then appointed Mr. Jefferson and me to make the draft….”

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From a letter to Abigail Adams written on July 3, 1776

“I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration and support and defend these States. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory; I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph “

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Charters of FreedomNational Archives

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

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Read aloud

“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.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,…”

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