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Revolution and Articles

Revolution and Articles. VUS.4.a John Locke and Common Sense VUS.4.b Colonists differ about separation VUS.4.c Revolutionary War victory VUS.5.a Articles of Confederation. John Locke. Enlightenment thinker All are free , equal in natural rights to life liberty Property

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Revolution and Articles

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  1. Revolution and Articles VUS.4.a John Locke and Common Sense VUS.4.b Colonists differ about separation VUS.4.c Revolutionary War victory VUS.5.a Articles of Confederation rgz:hhs:sped:fcps

  2. John Locke • Enlightenment thinker • All are free, equal in • natural rights to • life • liberty • Property • “The people” • social contract with king • ordered liberty to obey laws • government power by consent • right to overthrow bad ruler rgz:hhs:sped:fcps

  3. George Mason • Virginian thinker • Neighbor to George Washington • Wrote Virginia “Bill of Rights” • natural rights to • life • liberty • religion • “The people” • Must not be oppressed by government rgz:hhs:sped:fcps

  4. Thomas Paine • Wrote Common Sense • 1775 • widely reprinted and read • for independence • Small island has no right • to govern big continent • Bad king has no right • to govern good people rgz:hhs:sped:fcps

  5. Declaration of Independence • Thomas Jefferson 1776 • Delegate from Virginia • used Locke and Paine • detailed grievances • Self-evident truths • life, liberty and • the pursuit of happiness • Rights are secured • by government of consent • Consent of the governed • Can alter or abolish to effect safety and happiness rgz:hhs:sped:fcps

  6. Colonies’ conflict with Britain • King triumphant in victory • King George III assumed territory • took land from colonial charters • Proclamation of 1763 • prohibited settlement west • favored Indian trade • Direct tax on America • Stamp Act, Tea, Sugar • to pay for French & Indian War rgz:hhs:sped:fcps

  7. American Revolution Begins • Boston Tea Party • locally enforced boycott • resistance to British rule • Boston Massacre • from the Quartering Act • King’s soldiers versus Boston’s sailors • Lexington and Concord • “Minutemen” local militia • British strike for powder rgz:hhs:sped:fcps

  8. Faces of the Declaration Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin John Locke Thomas Paine rgz:hhs:sped:fcps

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