Warm Up 1120 What do you see in this image What famous document is being drafted Cite evidence from the image to support your idea The Declaration of Independence John Trumbull This famous painting shows the signing of the Declaration of Independence In the center is the committeeinc ID: 534917
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The Declaration of IndependenceSlide2
Warm Up: 11/20
What do you see in this image? What famous document is being drafted? Cite evidence from the image to support your idea.Slide3
The Declaration of Independence, John Trumbull
This famous painting shows the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In the center is the committee—including John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin—responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence. Here, they present their final draft to the president of the Continental Congress, John Hancock.Slide4
The Declaration of Independence
The war with England begins after the blows at Lexington and Concord… and the Colonists need an officer to lead their Continental army.
You’ve probably seen me on the dollar bill…
George Washington is
nominated to lead
the troops.
(he was young and trim back then!)Slide5
The Declaration of Independence
The feud was the British against the colonists,
fighting in the American colonies.
King George III
a
nd the British
The Colonists
(Continental Army)
VS.
(
L
obsterbacks
)
(Patriots)Slide6
The Declaration of Independence
So battles began near Boston…
The Battle of Bunker Hill
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
-General Israel Putnam, Patriots
1,000 British troops killed, 500 Patriots killed
The Siege of Boston
Washington rounded up guns, cannons,
and gunpowder
Patriots surrounded Boston
British troops in Boston retreated by
boat to CanadaSlide7
The Declaration of Independence
Colonists realized they had to fight for their freedom.
Olive Branch Petition
Olive branch = symbol of peace
Petition sent to King George III to
ask him to end the fight between
Britain and the colonies.
King George called the colonists
t
raitors
so the colonists decided
t
o fight for their freedom.
Common Sense
By Thomas Paine
Expressed outrage at the British 120,000 copies soldHelped develop camaraderie in the colonies and convinced colonists to fight for their freedom.Slide8
The Declaration of Independence
A Formal Statement of Independence
July 4, 1776
Thomas Jefferson = main author
Benjamin Franklin
offered advice
John Adams
offered advice
God gives people certain rights
that can’t be taken away. King
George has been a tyrant and has
a
bused the rights of the colonists.
“The United Colonies are… free
a
nd independent states.”Slide9
Imagine…
... you wake up to discover that 100 middle-
schoolers
have been stranded on an island. There is no boat, no plane, no way off. You hear the sound of a fresh-water stream, and you see a jungle where there is likely to be food and materials you can use to build shelter. You have no modern technology to help you and no adults to tell you what to do. There are no rules and no one in charge.
What happens?Slide10
State of Nature
John Hobbes
Man is by nature selfishly individualistic
Man constantly at war with other menFear of violent death is sole motivation to create civilizations
Men need to be controlled by absolute sovereignty to avoid brutish behavior
John Locke
Men are by nature
reasonable
creatures
In a state of nature all men should be free to govern own actions
reason teaches that "no one ought to harm another in his life, liberty, and or property”Harming another’s rights should be punishedSlide11
What do you think?
Do people have natural rights? If so, what are they?Slide12
Scan the Declaration
What does the Preamble say?
What are some key ideas expressed in the second paragraph?
Look at the long list beginning with the words “He has refused his Assent.” What is this a list of?Slide13
Scan the Declaration (2)
Can you connect any of the charges to events you have learned about before?
What do the representatives
solemnly declare
in the last paragraph?