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PRE-TRIP STUDY SHEET FOR EXHIBIT
AMERICA’S PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE
AREA 1: Events Leading to War with England
In this exhibit students will see and participate in events leading to the American Revolutionary War including the Stamp Act and the tax on tea. In this area we will meet Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
 Vocabulary: colony, import, boycott, Parliament, broadsides, dispatch rider
AREA 2: Revolutionary War
In this exhibit students will see and participate in several key battles and the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Students will meet an American spy, and learn how America won its independence from England. In this area we will also meet General George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and others.
 Vocabulary: ammunition, Patriot, Loyalist, Hessian, password, sharpshooter
AREA 3: Writing the Constitution
In this exhibit students participate in the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia. Issues discussed focus on how the government is to be organized. We will meet Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Edmond Randolph, William Patterson, the Georgia delegates, and others.
 Vocabulary: compromise, executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch of government, checks and balances, amendments, separation of powers
Original Puppet Show: The World of Ben Franklin, A Cat’s Tale
For further study and research on the topics related to this exhibit,
please visit the following Internet web sites:
LIBERTY! - The American Revolution
The Price of Freedom
A Multitude of Amendments, Alterations and Additions
We invite you and your students to share with us stories, artwork,
projects, or letters that are created after visiting the museum. Please
send them to:
Cobb County Youth Museum
P.O. Box 78, Marietta, GA 30061
Fax (770) 427-1060
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