Independence Hall

by Don Fisher

Philadelphia in the 1700’s

21 years to build

First Continental Congress met in 1774

Assembly Room

Washington appointed General of the Army 1775

Active in all the meetings

“Father of our Country”

First President of the United States

Jefferson

(the main writer)

shows Franklin the Declaration

of Independence

Declaration of Independence

“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.”

Signing the Declaration of Independence

July 4, 1776

Liberty Bell was

rung before the

Declaration was read.

Betsy Ross lived in Philadelphia and sewed the

first flag in 1777.

Revolutionary War Ended

Cornwallis Gives his Sword to Washington

1781

Treaty of Paris 1783

Articles of Confederation Failed

Back to Independence Hall

Founding Fathers Wrote the Constitution

Franklin was the oldest member of the member of the Constitutional Convention.

Constitution

We the People

1787

Summary

• Built in 21 years• Washington appointed General in

1775• Declaration of Independence 1776• American flag created 1777• Furniture burned by British 1778• Constitution written 1787