BACKGROUND: For this assignment, you will be practicing your researching and presenting skills by researching some events from the formation of the government of the United States and creating GOOGLE SLIDES PRESENTATION that will be used to teach the rest of the class about your topic.

THE EVENTS:

TERM/EVENT	STUDENT
NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERATION- 1643	Andrew
ALBANY PLAN OF UNION- 1754	Olivia
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR	Dylan
THE STAMP ACT- 1765	Corey
THE STAMP ACT CONGRESS/DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND GRIEVANCES AGAINST THE CROWN.	Chloe
THE TOWNSEND DUTIES- 1767	Juan
BOSTON MASSACRE	Laine
BOSTON TEA PARTY- 1773	Dante
THE INTOLERABLE ACTS- 1774	Hailey
THE FIRST STATE CHARTERS- 1175-1776	Araya
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS- 1774	Riley
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS- 1775	Xochilt
THOMAS PAINE- COMMON SENSE- 1776	Rissa

RESEARCH: You are to research all of the BASIC INFORMATION regarding the event that you have been assigned. You should be able to answer all of the following questions regarding your event:

1. WHO was responsible for it, who were the major players?
2. WHY did the event come about? What led up to it?
3. WHAT happened in the event? What were the results?
4. WHY is the event important in the development of the Government of the United States?

PRESENTATION:  I would like each person to create 1-2 slides for each topic that outlines all of the information above. You will be creating these slides on a community GOOGLE DOCS PRESENTATION, linked below. Please make sure to include all of the following elements on your slide:

• TITLE
• NO MORE THAN 6 LINES PER SLIDE!
• NO COPYING AND PASTING FROM THE INTERNET, SUMMARIZE THE KEY POINTS IN YOUR OWN WORDS
• HAVE AN IMAGE OF THE EVENT and the MAIN PEOPLE INVOLVED.
• BE PREPARED TO PRESENT YOUR SLIDE WHEN THE CLASS LECTURE IS GIVEN. YOU WILL BE THE CLASS EXPERT ON THIS TOPIC

HERE IS THE CLASS SLIDE SHOW: Edit YOUR slide to include graphics, style, color, etc.

GRADING: These slides will need to be submitted on FRIDAY, so that the slide show can be finalized for presentation on FRIDAY. We will be reviewing these slides in class as part of our lecture on the topic. This assignment will be worth a total of 50 points!