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The Ideas of Revolution

The Second Continental Congress. The Ideas of Revolution. Unit 2: Becoming America Mrs. Baker RUSH. Do-It-Now: Review of Causes. In what ways did colonial reaction to British rule intensify between 1765 and 1775? What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?

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The Ideas of Revolution

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  1. The Second Continental Congress The Ideas of Revolution Unit 2: Becoming America Mrs. Baker RUSH

  2. Do-It-Now: Review of Causes • In what ways did colonial reaction to British rule intensify between 1765 and 1775? • What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress? • What were the causes and outcomes of the battles of Lexington and Concord?

  3. American Revolution Timeline

  4. Decisions Towards Independence Thomas Paine, Common Sense Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence

  5. Liberty’s Kids: Common Sense Part 1 Part 2

  6. Thomas Paine ~ Common Sense • Anonymous 50 page pamphlet • Attacked King George III • Purpose: • A call to colonists to proclaim independence from the rule of the King. • Urged that it was American “destiny” • Sold nearly 500,000 copies. • Written in the common man’s language.

  7. Thomas Paine ~ Common Sense “We have boasted that protection of Great Britain, without considering, that her motive was interestnot attachment; and that she did not protect us from our enemies on our account; but from her enemieson her own account…A government of our own is our natural right: and…it is infinitely wiser and safer, to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner, while we have it in our power, than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance. What is common sense to Paine?

  8. Too Late Too Apologize

  9. Declaring Independence Primary Source Analysis of The Declaration of Independence

  10. Thomas Jefferson ~ Declaration of Independence • Enlightenment Ideals: • John Locke ~ Natural Rights • The Purpose: • To announce to the world that the colonies were now a new, independent nation • To explain and justify the reasons that the united colonies had decided to become the United States of America

  11. The THREE PARTS of the Declaration • Part I: • A theory of government • Read Part I of the Declaration of Independence. • What basic principles and ideas of government does Jefferson identify?

  12. Identifying the Theory of Government • We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it…

  13. The THREE PARTS of the Declaration • A list of grievances against the King: • Read Part II • Identify 6 to 7 complaints made against the King in the Declaration of Independence.

  14. The THREE PARTS of the Declaration • Part III • Read the final paragraph • Summarize the major idea of the final paragraph of the Declaration. • Why is this section important to colonies desire to gain independence from Britain?

  15. Part III: The Resolution to Declare Independence • We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

  16. The Declaration’s KEY IDEAS OF GOVERNMENT: • People have natural rights, including the rights to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” • When government receive their power to govern “from the consent of the governed” by social contract or compact, the power is for the fundamental purpose of protecting the people’s natural rights. • When a government fails to protect and respect those rights, it is the “Right of the People to alter or abolish” that government

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