PPT-The Colonies Unite Declaring Independence

I can identify and describe the important people and events associated with the Declaration of Independence I can explain why the Declaration of Independence is important and name its key political concepts. . “. let us disappoint the men who are raising themselves upon the ruin of this country”. Samuel Addams, 1776. Phase II – A New Republic. Key Topics Covered. Influence of British political System. EQ’s. What does it mean to persuade someone?. What is a persuasive argument. What is a persuasive/argument essay? . In persuasive writing, a writer takes a position FOR or AGAINST an issue and writes to convince the reader to believe or do something . th. 2016. . Pick up your spirals/folders, take out a pen/pencil and your . bellwork. . . We will take notes, answer a few questions, then watch a video clip over a battle. . Bellwork. : What do you think? (Sentences!!!) . Unit Two. Uniting For Independence. Vocabulary. 1. Draft. 2. Consent. 3. Revenue. 4. Embargo. 5. Boycott. 6. Human Rights. 7. Taxation without Representation . 8. First Continental Congress. 9. Second Continental Congress. Document A. 1. What year was the Constitution written?. 2. Why did the settlers like the Mexican Constitution of 1824?. 3. What was the requirement for settlers? . 4. . How does this support or not support justification to declare independence? . What were four factors that led to the drafting and approval of the Declaration of Independence?. How can the formation of the American government be seen as an illustration of the Enlightenment philosophy?. Essential Question:. What motivates people to act?. Learning Goal:. Students will be able to compare points of view held by Patriots and Loyalists, evaluate the reaction of the colonies to the rejection of the Olive Branch Petition, summarize the steps taken that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence, and understand the four parts of the Declaration of Independence. . Warm-up – Translate . this paragraph . “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government,…….”. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The Second Continental Congress. May 1775, Colonial leaders met for a Second Continental Congress, to decide their next move.. Some called for Independence, some for reconciliation.. Rhetorical Analysis. Thomas Jefferson: Primary writer. The writers of the Declaration of Independence establish their ethical standing--that they are men of good sense, good character, and good will--first, by acknowledging that they need to explain to the world the reasons for their actions. . Unit Two. Uniting For Independence. Vocabulary. 1. Draft. 2. Consent. 3. Revenue. 4. Embargo. 5. Boycott. 6. Human Rights. 7. Taxation without Representation . 8. First Continental Congress. 9. Second Continental Congress. I. Thomas Paine. Urged to write an essay urging the colonists to declare independence.. Winter of 1775 -patriots had been fighting Britain for months.. Colonists still were reluctant to cut ties with Great Britain. . What motivated the colonies to fight for independence? Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, John Locke and Natural Rights, and the Declaration of Independence Imagine… You are a colonist living in Georgia on April 19, 1775 when the Revolutionary War starts at Lexington and Concord. The Declaration of Independence Coach Kuntz United States History Congress Votes for Independence - Common Sense sold many colonists on the idea of independence. -In June 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia rose in Congress to introduce a resolution in favor of