4-2 Declaring Independence Pages 118-121

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4-2 Declaring IndependencePages 118-121

• Answers to the Questions

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Creepy in real life
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Entry Task

• Watch this!
• Answer this!
• What does this phrase mean to you?
• Those who have the ability to take action, have
  the responsibility to take action.

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Groups for News Report

• Patriots

• Redcoats (British)

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Groups for News Interview

• Patriots

• Redcoats

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1. What was Common Sense and what was its effect
on the American Revolution?

• Pamphlet distributed at first in Philadelphia in
  January of 1776
• Thomas Paine argued citizens should make the
  laws which was a bold idea
• Effects
• 1. changed way colonists saw their king
• 2. case for economic freedom and military self
  defense
• 3. carried out against tyranny

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2. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of
Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Dramatic Reading

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3. What three points did Jefferson try to make
about government in his writing of the
Declaration of Independence?

• 1. all people possess unalienable rights of
  life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
• 2. King George violated colonists rights with
  taxation without representation
• 3. colonies had the right to break free from
  England Enlightenment Idea

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4. When was the Declaration of Independence
approved?

• July 4, 1776
• Actual footage
• 1776 Scene

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5. What were the two main positions on the
American Revolution?

• Loyalists people who sided with the British
  also called Tories (20 to 30 of population)
• Many loyalists left the colonies due to
  persecution
• Patriots supporters of Declaration (40-45 of
  population)
• Considered traitors and could be killed if caught

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6. What was the early role of Native Americans
in the American Revolution?

• Native American were being recruited by both
  sides, but most would end up siding with the
  British because of colonists stealing their lands

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7. Whose rights were not protected by the
Declaration of Independence? Why do you think
NOT!

• - Women, enslaved Africans, and Native Americans
• Why do you think they werent protected????