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This article explores how the Declaration of Independence evolved into a roadmap for America, extending rights and opportunities over time. It discusses the contradictions faced, including slavery and political participation challenges. The differing opinions among Americans on separation from Great Britain, triggered by Enlightenment ideals and British policies, are also analyzed. The resistance and protests against British rule, leading to significant historical events like the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre, are outlined. The Revolutionary War's beginnings at Lexington and Concord, along with the various factions of Patriots, Neutrals, and Loyalists during the conflict, are examined.

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  1. VUS4c Events Leading to the Revolution

  2. Review 1-29-18 • What did John Locke write about? • What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write? • Did Thomas Jefferson truly write the Declaration of Independence? Explain why.

  3. The Declaration of Independence The Declaration has grown in importance and has become a unifying force of American Democracy! VUS4b

  4. As you read, keep in mind:How did the Declaration of Independence become a road map for the new republic as it extended the franchise, provided for equality of opportunity, and guaranteed unalienable rights?

  5. Who were the “all men” that were “created equal”? • The ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence contradicted the realities of slavery and the undemocratic nature of political participation in the early decades. • Were these rights to include both men and women? Black and white? All religious affiliations?

  6. Political Participation; Equality • Extending the franchise (right to vote) • Upholding due process of law • Providing a free public education Over Time

  7. Social Participation: Liberty • Abolition of slavery • Extension of civil rights to women and other groups Over Time

  8. Economic Participation: pursuit of happiness • Regulating the free-enterprise system • Promoting economic opportunity • Protecting property rights Over Time

  9. What differences existed among Americans concerning separation from Great Britain?

  10. The ideas of the Enlightenment and the perceived unfairness of British policies provoked debate and resistance by the American colonists!

  11. British and French competed for colonial interests which led to war! • The French and Indian War (1756-1763): the French were driven out of Canada and their territories west of the Appalachian Mountains. • George Washington gained military experience • Colonists were happy until…

  12. Steps taken to upset Colonists: • New taxes were imposed on colonies to help pay for the war (Stamp Act, Tea Tax, Sugar Tax) and to pay for protection. • Proclamation of 1763 stated that colonists could not move west of Appalachian Mountains! • British claimed it was for safety reasons The Sons of Liberty, a patriot group, formed to protest British rule in the colonies.

  13. A sign of colonial protest against the harsh Stamp Act tax

  14. Resistance to British rule in the colonies mounted: The Boston Massacre took place when British troops fired on anti-British demonstrators! (March 5, 1770) The Boston Tea Party expressed opposition to Tea Tax! Sons of Liberty stormed East India Tea ships in 1773. Colonists openly resisted paying taxes, like tarring and feathering British officers!

  15. The Colonists Responded: • Parliament passed the “Intolerable Acts” to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. • The First Continental Congress was called, which asked for rights to be respected, but they did not want independence…YET. All thirteen colonies (except Georgia) sent representatives, the first time the colonies had acted together

  16. LEXINGTON AND CONCORD • The Revolutionary War began when the “Minutemen” in Massachusetts fought a brief skirmish with British troops at Lexington and Concord right outside of Boston (1775). • Known as the “Shot heard ‘round the world”

  17. The colonists were divided into three main camps during the Revolution: The PATRIOTSsupported Independence and supplied the troops for the Washington’s Continental Army inspired by Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty, or give me death” The NEUTRALStried to stay out of the controversy, wanting to be in good position after the war regardless of the outcome! The LOYALISTS(or Tories) remained loyal to Britain, enjoying economic ties and protection from the empire Believed the taxes were justified! ? ?

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