announced our independence (from Great Britain)

Great Britain

1787

The Constitution was written. • The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

New Hampshire • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Connecticut • New York •New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • S. Carolina

Freedom/ Political Liberty/ Religious Freedom/ Economic Reasons/ Escape Persecution

July 4, 1776

Cherokee/ Cheyenne/ Navajo/ Sioux/ Chippewa/ Iroquois...

(George) Washington

Africans/ People from Africa

Because of high taxes/ Because the British army stayed in their house/ Because they did not have self government

Native Americans/ American Indians

U.S. diplomat • oldest member of the Constitutional Convention • first Postmaster General of the United States • writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”