Declaring Independence & Common Sense

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Unit 2: The American Revolution

Lesson 2: Declaring Independence


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ITSTOOLATETOAPOLOGIZEHalfway across the globe

And we're standing on new groundScreaming 'cross the waves

You can't hear a sound

There's no fair trials, no trade, no liberties

No tea

We've colonized America; we won't stand

for tyranny,

Oh king

And it's too late to apologize It's too late

I said it's too late to apologize

It's too late

We've paid your foolish tax, read the acts

And they just won't do

We want to make it clear, we believe

this much is trueAll men were created with certain

Unalienable rights

Among these are life, liberty, and the

pursuit

Of happiness

And it's too late to apologizeIt's too late

I said It's too late to apologize

It's too late

It's too late to apologize

It's too late

I said it's too late apologize

It's too late I said it's too late to apologize, yeah

It's too late

I said it's too late to apologize, yeah

Halfway across the globe

And we're standing on new ground

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THETRUEBEGINNINGSOFA

REVOLUTION

The colonies faced more threats from Britain, and they

created a communication network known as the

Committees of Correspondence (created in 1764).

After the Intolerable Acts, the Colonies created the FirstContinental Congress (created in 1774)

The first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord in

1775

Then, the Second Continental Congress organized andmet in 1775 (after Lexington and Concord)


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THEIDEAOFREVOLUTION

At this point, Thomas Paines Common Sense

circulated around the colonies and contributed

to the growing popularity of independence

While the Continental Congress debated

independence, a committee drafted a

document that outlined the reasons for

Americas independence


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Declaration of Independence

The documents ideas

can be traced to several

philosophies:

John Locke:-believed people were born with

certain natural rights (life, liberty

and property)

-that the people and the

government have a contract

-people had the right to overthrow a

government if it did not uphold its

end of the contract


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Montesquieu

-French philosopher

-Wrote of three types of political

power (executive, legislative, and

judicial)

-Separation of power and checks and

balances


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Made up of 5 parts:-The Preamble whichexplains the purpose ofthe document

-Declaration of NaturalRights which is takenalmost directly fromLocke (Life, Liberty, andthe pursuit of Happiness)

-List of Grievances whichlist the colonists

complaints againstBritain

-Resolution of

Independence

which declares thatthe colonies are free

from Britain

-Signers declared that

they, as

representatives of the

colonies, approved the

document


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DECLARATIONOF INDEPENDENCE

The signing of the Declaration of Independencesignaled the beginning of the American

Revolutionary War

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