Transcript chapter 4 sect. 2 ppt.
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CHAPTER 4:
“The American Revolution”
Slide 2
SECTION 2:
“Declaring Independence”
Slide 3
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Paine’s Common Sense:
-Common Sense: 47-page pamphlet that was distributed
in Philadelphia January 1776.Author was published
anonymously (without author’s name).
-Thomas Paine (author), argued that citizens, not kings
and queens, should make laws.
-Pamphlet sold 500,000 copies over many of the colonies.
Paine reached a wide audience because he wrote as a
common person speaking to common people.
-Common Sense changed the way many colonists viewed
their king and made strong case for economic freedom
and right to military self-defense.
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Independence Declared:
-Second Continental Congress formed committees
to write a document declaring independence and to
create a seal for the new country.
-The Latin Motto for the new country, “E. pluribus
unum” or “out of many, one”. Motto recognized
new union of states.
-Declaration of Independence: formally
announced the colonies’ break from Great Britain.
-Written by Thomas Jefferson.
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Independence Declared:
-(3) main ideas:
1. All people possess unalienable rights, including
the rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness”.
2. King George III violated colonist’s rights by
taxing them without consent and unfair laws.
3. Colonies had the right to break from Britain,
because the King broke the social contract
(government must protect citizens rights, in return,
citizens agree to be governed).
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Independence Declared:
-July 4, 1776 the Continental Congress approved
Declaration of Independence.
-This act broke all ties to the British crown.
-The United States of America was born.
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Choosing Sides:
-Signing of Declaration of Independence, made
rebellion a full scale revolt against Britain.
-Colonists who chose to side with the British, known
as Loyalists (also called Tories).
-40% - 45% Americans were Patriots. 20% - 30%
Americans were Loyalists.
-500,000 Loyalists fled the country in fear of
persecution by Patriots. Many fled to Canada,
abandoning their homes and properties.
-Divided allegiances tore apart friendships and
families.
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Unfinished Business:
-Declaration of Independence excluded many
colonists. The rights of the minorities would be
subject to the rule of the majority.
-Minorities: women, enslaved Africans, and
Native Americans.
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Unfinished Business:
Women:
-Many women were Patriots, but Declaration did not
address their rights.
-Abigail Adams tried to influence her husband, John
Adams, to include women’s rights in Declaration.
Native Americans:
-Colonists disregarded Proclamation of 1763, by
settling on lands that belonged to Native Americans.
Slide 10
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Unfinished Business:
Enslaved Africans:
-Why did any form of slavery exist in a land that
valued personal freedom?
-July 1776 slavery was legal, but by 1780s New
England colonies were taking steps to end slavery.
CHAPTER 4:
“The American Revolution”
Slide 2
SECTION 2:
“Declaring Independence”
Slide 3
•
Paine’s Common Sense:
-Common Sense: 47-page pamphlet that was distributed
in Philadelphia January 1776.Author was published
anonymously (without author’s name).
-Thomas Paine (author), argued that citizens, not kings
and queens, should make laws.
-Pamphlet sold 500,000 copies over many of the colonies.
Paine reached a wide audience because he wrote as a
common person speaking to common people.
-Common Sense changed the way many colonists viewed
their king and made strong case for economic freedom
and right to military self-defense.
Slide 4
•
Independence Declared:
-Second Continental Congress formed committees
to write a document declaring independence and to
create a seal for the new country.
-The Latin Motto for the new country, “E. pluribus
unum” or “out of many, one”. Motto recognized
new union of states.
-Declaration of Independence: formally
announced the colonies’ break from Great Britain.
-Written by Thomas Jefferson.
Slide 5
•
Independence Declared:
-(3) main ideas:
1. All people possess unalienable rights, including
the rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness”.
2. King George III violated colonist’s rights by
taxing them without consent and unfair laws.
3. Colonies had the right to break from Britain,
because the King broke the social contract
(government must protect citizens rights, in return,
citizens agree to be governed).
Slide 6
•
Independence Declared:
-July 4, 1776 the Continental Congress approved
Declaration of Independence.
-This act broke all ties to the British crown.
-The United States of America was born.
Slide 7
•
Choosing Sides:
-Signing of Declaration of Independence, made
rebellion a full scale revolt against Britain.
-Colonists who chose to side with the British, known
as Loyalists (also called Tories).
-40% - 45% Americans were Patriots. 20% - 30%
Americans were Loyalists.
-500,000 Loyalists fled the country in fear of
persecution by Patriots. Many fled to Canada,
abandoning their homes and properties.
-Divided allegiances tore apart friendships and
families.
Slide 8
•
Unfinished Business:
-Declaration of Independence excluded many
colonists. The rights of the minorities would be
subject to the rule of the majority.
-Minorities: women, enslaved Africans, and
Native Americans.
Slide 9
•
Unfinished Business:
Women:
-Many women were Patriots, but Declaration did not
address their rights.
-Abigail Adams tried to influence her husband, John
Adams, to include women’s rights in Declaration.
Native Americans:
-Colonists disregarded Proclamation of 1763, by
settling on lands that belonged to Native Americans.
Slide 10
•
Unfinished Business:
Enslaved Africans:
-Why did any form of slavery exist in a land that
valued personal freedom?
-July 1776 slavery was legal, but by 1780s New
England colonies were taking steps to end slavery.