Transcript Declaring Independence

Bell Ringer- EOCT Review
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What was the purpose of the Committees of
Correspondence?
What territory was the French and Indian War
fought over?
Where was the line drawn for Proclamation Act
of 1763? (what natural barrier, be specific)
What was the first direct tax on the colonies?
Unit 2: The American Revolution
Lesson 2: Declaring Independence
Its too late to apologize
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Halfway across the globe
And we're standing on new ground
Screaming 'cross the waves
You can't hear a sound
There's no fair trials, no trade, no
liberties
No tea
We've colonized America; we won't
stand for tyranny,
Oh king
And it's too late to apologize It's too
late
I said it's too late to apologize
It's too late
We've paid your foolish tax, read the
acts
And they just won't do
http://www.schooltube.com/video
/e1895c4c1683c3124733/TooLate-to-Apologize-A-Declaration
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We want to make it clear, we believe
this much is true
All men were created with certain
Unalienable rights
Among these are life, liberty, and the
pursuit
Of happiness
And it's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said It's too late to apologize
It's too late
It's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah
Halfway across the globe
And we're standing on new ground
The true beginnings of a revolution
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The colonies faced more threats from Britain, and they
created a communication network known as the
Committees of Correspondence (created in 1764).
After the Intolerable Acts, the Colonies created the
First Continental Congress (created in 1774)
The first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord in
1775
Then, the Second Continental Congress organized and
met in 1775 (after Lexington and Concord)
The idea of revolution
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At this point, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
circulated around the colonies and contributed to the
growing popularity of independence
Primary Source: Excerpts from Common Sense
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Why is this considered propaganda?
Why would he title this pamphlet “Common Sense?”
While the Continental Congress debated
independence, a committee drafted a document that
outlined the reasons for America’s independence
Declaration of Independence
The document’s ideas
can be traced to several
philosophies:
John Locke:
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-believed people were born with
certain natural rights (life, liberty
and property)
-that the people and the
government have a “contract”
-people had the right to overthrow a
government if it did not uphold its
end of the contract
Declaration of Independence
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Montesquieu
-French philosopher
-Wrote of three types of political
power (executive, legislative, and
judicial)
-Separation of power and checks and
balances
Declaration of Independence
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Made up of 5 parts:
-Resolution of Independence
-The Preamble which
explains the purpose of declares that the colonies are
the document
free from Britain
-Declaration of Natural
-Signers declared that they, as
Rights which is taken
representatives of the
almost directly from
colonies, approved the
Locke (Life, Liberty, and
the pursuit of Happiness) document
-List of Grievances which
list the colonists’
complaints against
Britain
Declaration of Independence
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The signing of the Declaration of Independence
signaled the beginning of the American
Revolutionary War