Time Table leading up to the Revolutionary War

1. Time Table leading up to the Revolutionary War • Tea Act Boston Tea Party • BTP Intolerable Acts • IA 1st Continental Congress • 1st CC boycott British goods, prepare local militias, Declaration of Rights • D of R Lexington/Concord – shot heard ‘round the world • SHRW 2nd Continental Congress

2. Time Table leading up to the Revolutionary War • 2nd CC Continental Army (GW), Olive Branch Petition • OBP It’s War or Peace • W or P Efforts for UNITY (enlistment, public support – Join, or Die, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence)

3. How do we unite? Unify? Come together? Rally support?

4. Spreading the word… • WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET!!!! • Enlistment • An army • State militias • Continental Army • Women/African Americans • Public support and Political Action • Pictures – Join, or Die (unite, create a common enemy) • Literature – Common Sense (put the situation in laymen’s terms) • Authority/Leadership – Declaration of Independence (government providing an explanation of why we are fighting)

6. Spreading the word…

7. Unify? Come together? Rally support? • Celebrities • Pictures • Facts – relatable/imaginable • Show something familiar • Get everyday/ordinary people to be an active participant (Pink Day)

8. Were most Americans in support of the war? Raising an Army PP

9. The works that fostered UNITY Join, or Die. Common Sense Declaration of Independence

10. But how do you get everyone on the same page? JOIN, or DIE JOIN, or DIE Q&A – Kids Info Bits

12. Join, or Die Application • Why a picture/illustration? • Why a snake?

15. Join, or Die Application • If we (who?) do not come together (unite/ join) against _______________, then our hopes and dreams of _________________ will die. • French and Indian War • Revolutionary War • Why a picture/illustration? • Why a snake?

16. What is this cartoon all about? 1. What is this a picture of? • Snake 2. What pieces makes up the snake? • colonies/states • Which colonies are mentioned? • South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New England 3. What is the purpose of this cartoon? • Present a unified front against any enemy • Rally support for revolt/breaking free from Great Britain

17. Common Sense Philadelphia January 1776

18. Author…Thomas Paine (ouch) Writes as a common person (anonymously) to the common man

19. 4 “chapters” of CS • Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution • Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession • Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs • Of the Present Ability of America: with some Miscellaneous Reflections

20. 4 “chapters” of CS • Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution • To compare a government’s purpose (in general) to the current British government as set up in their constitution (Parliament) • Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession • How the British Monarchy works and how that system fits into the government/constitution • Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs • Details of American CE (ex. Sugar Act, Tea Act, Boston Massacre)Here’s what is going on in America • Of the Present Ability of America: with some Miscellaneous Reflections • What are the colonies able to do for themselves and for GB (economically speaking) – what if we didn’t have them? What if they didn’t have us?

21. Author…Thomas Paine (ouch) Writes as a common person (anonymously) to the common man “There is something very absurd in supporting a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.” What is Paine saying? Citizens, not Kings and Queens, should make laws Why is this a bold statement?

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24. Bottom line Paine discusses the basic colonial dreams… economic freedom its that

25. Declaration of Independence What is it?

26. Authors…Committee of Five RobertLivingston BenFranklin Thomas Jefferson RogerSherman JohnAdams

27. All men are created equal… Thomas Jefferson • Youngest of the committee (33) • Virginia delegate • Drafts a version over a period of three weeks • Committee/CC revisions • Acceptance July 4, 1776 • 56 Signatures: John Hancock

28. ThreeSections • Section One (Preamble) – An introduction to what the document is about and the philosophy behind it • We have our reasons for this declaration, they are explained below • Outlines our self-evident principles and government’s role relative to those principles

29. ThreeSections • Section Two (Body) – A list of grievances • here are all the ways you and your government failed and/or abused us • here are all the ways in which we tried to work together with you and make peace • Section Three (Conclusion) – The official declaration of the United States of America • We are now, officially our own nation

30. What truths are self-evident? are created All Inalienable (undeniable) Rights

31. What truths are self-evident? are created to these ‘s When govt. becomes destructive of these rights… create a new have the 2

32. True/False: Declaration of Independence • The Dec. of Ind. establishes the United States government (with the three branches). • The Dec. of Ind. is an official declaration of war. • The Dec. of Ind. is the most formal of the three attempts to increase 40%. • Thomas Jefferson is the sole contributor to the Dec. of Ind. • The Dec. of Ind. gives no examples of complaints or ways that the British abused its power (acted tyrannical).

33. Declaration of Independence • Locate and label (with a post-it) • The truths we believe to be self-evident • “all men are created equal” • Inalienable rights of “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” • “it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it” • One grievance (complaint) against the King • Explain what that grievance is in your OWN words • Quartering of soldiers in colonial homes • Depriving colonists of a trial by jury • The exact sentence that says the United States are officially independent/free. • How many signers are there?

34. Declaration of IndependenceSigners • The first, largest, and most famous signature on the Declaration of Independence: __________________________, President of the Continental Congress. • The youngest signer: Edward Rutledge (age ____). • The oldest signer: __________________(age 70) • Two future presidents signed the Declaration of Independence:________________________ & ________________________

35. Full fledged war is upon the Patriots While NOT a declaration of war, GB views this is such

36. More unified than ever…(Join, or Die, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence)emotionally charged and together but still not really physically prepared

37. Declarationof Independence • Stated the conditions that made the Declaration of Independence necessary • Described the basic rights of people • Proved the conditions existed in Colonial America (basic rights being violated) • Ends all allegiance to Great Britain