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Background to Declaration of Independence

Background to Declaration of Independence. Historical Events. Prior to French and Indian War-1756 Practice salutary neglect-colonies not important After French and Indian War-1763 Britain in debt £130 million=$2,674,296,034.12 in 2011 Tax colonies to pay for it, end salutary neglect.

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Background to Declaration of Independence

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  1. Background to Declaration of Independence

  2. Historical Events • Prior to French and Indian War-1756 • Practice salutary neglect-colonies not important • After French and Indian War-1763 • Britain in debt £130 million=$2,674,296,034.12 in 2011 • Tax colonies to pay for it, end salutary neglect

  3. Parliamentary Sovereignty • Parliament was dominant element within English Constitution. • Had the supreme right to taxation. • Had supreme right to make laws for all English possessions.

  4. Virtual Representation • Colonists were represented in and by Parliament. • Colonists had no vote or say. • Colonists vested power in local assemblies. • Assemblies were in tune with local needs. • Parliament couldn’t think like local assemblies, couldn’t represent colonists. • Rejected tax laws due to lack of representation.-No taxation without representation. • Colonists accept taxes regulating trade, not revenue raising ones for Britain

  5. Thomas Hobbes

  6. Hobbes’s Social Contract • Hobbes witnesses the horrors of the English Civil War • A strong government is needed to keep order • People exchange their rights in exchange for law and order • Without gov’t there would be… • “War…of every man against every man,” 1651

  7. Hobbes’s Social Contract • A Change in The Right to Govern • Old Idea: • A monarch’s rule is justified by divine right • New Idea • A government’s power comes from the consent of the governed. 1651

  8. John Locke • Two Treatises of Government in 1689 • Criticized absolute monarchy in favor of self-gov’t • Believed in Natural Rights • All people are born free and have the right to life, liberty, and property • People could overthrow gov’t if didn’t protect rights

  9. How did the ideas of John Locke influence Jefferson’s writings in the Declaration of Independence? LOCKE JEFFERSON, Dec. of Independence

  10. How did the ideas of John Locke influence Jefferson’s writings in the Declaration of Independence? LOCKE JEFFERSON, Dec. of Independence

  11. How did the ideas of John Locke influence Jefferson’s writings in the Declaration of Independence? LOCKE JEFFERSON, Dec. of Independence

  12. How did the ideas of John Locke influence Jefferson’s writings in the Declaration of Independence? LOCKE JEFFERSON, Dec. of Independence

  13. How did the ideas of John Locke influence Jefferson’s writings in the Declaration of Independence? LOCKE JEFFERSON, DEC. of Independence

  14. How did the ideas of John Locke influence Jefferson’s writings in the Declaration of Independence? LOCKE JEFFERSON, Dec. of Independence

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