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Title: Patriots Declare Independence!


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Patriots Declare Independence!
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  • Ideas Behind the Revolution

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John Locke
  • People have the natural right to life, liberty,
    and property
  • Society based on a social contract
  • a. agreement in which people consent to choose
    and obey a government so long as it safeguards
    their natural rights.
  • b. If government violates the contract people
    have the right to revolt.

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Limited Government
  • Basic to English Law
  • Magna Carta- 1215
  • a. limited the power of the King
  • b. guaranteed due process, speedy trial, and
    trial by peers
  • c. King subject by rule of law
  • 3. English Bill of Rights
  • a. reinforce limitations of Kings power

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Thomas Paines Common Sense
  • Pamphlet attacking King George and the monarchy
  • Justification for independence
  • a. allow America to trade more freely
  • b. allow America to create a better society
  • 1. free of tyranny
  • 2. equal social/economic opportunities
    for all

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Declaring Independence
  • Thomas Jefferson wrote final draft
  • Unalienable Rights God given rights, cannot be
    taken away
  • a. Life
  • b. Liberty
  • c. Pursuit of Happiness

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Declaration of Independence (Continued)
  • 3. All Men are Created Equal
  • a. politically equal
  • 1. do not have same ability or wealth
  • 2. Did not embrace women, Native
  • Americans, African-American
  • slaves.
  • 3. July 2, 1776- completed Declaration of
  • Independence

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Declaration of Independence
  • 4. July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence
    adopted by the Continental Congress.
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