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This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the influence of taxation and regulation in the colonial independence movement leading to the Declaration of Independence and the beginning of the American Revolution.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

H. Sam Mabry, III | James Otis Lecture 2017

Episode 3

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

H. Sam Mabry, III, Esquire, explains to participating students James Otis' historical significance, and the purpose and reasons behind this lecture series.

Battle of Kings Mountain | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

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Grades: 4 8

The Battle of Kings Mountain, engraved in 1859 by Johnson, Fry and Company from an original painting by Chappel. Although the leader of the British forces here was a Scotsman, Major Patrick Ferguson...

The Constitution of 1776 | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

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Grades: 4 8

The Constitution of 1776. Even before the Declaration of Independence was written, members of the Continental Congress recognized that, because the English officials had fled from Massachusetts and...

Revolutionary War "Association for Public Defense" | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 2

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Grades: 4 8

This revolutionary war "Association for Public Defense" was a solemn promise to risk what Thomas Jefferson would later call "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor," rather than give in to...

Stamp Tax Outrage | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 15

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The wealth of centers like Charleston helped prepare the way for the dissatisfactions against British rule that finally resulted in the Revolution. A wealthy elite, with connections through trade to...

James Otis Lecture Series 2014 (Full Version)

Episode 1

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The 2014 speakers included The Honorable Sir Stephen Silber, Justice of the High Court of England and Wales, who spoke about "The Differing Perceptions of the Magna Carta ? The United Kingdom versus...