4-2 Declaring IndependencePages 118-121Answers to the Questions

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Entry Task Watch this! Answer this!What does this phrase mean to you?“Those who have the ability to take

action, have the responsibility to take action.”

Groups for News Report Patriots Redcoats (British)

Groups for News Interview Patriots Redcoats

1. What was Common Sense and what was its effect on the American Revolution? Pamphlet distributed at first in

Philadelphia in January of 1776 Thomas Paine argued citizens should

make the laws which was a bold idea Effects

1. changed way colonists saw their king 2. case for economic freedom and

military self defense 3. carried out against tyranny

2. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson Dramatic Reading

3. What three points did Jefferson try to make about government in his writing of the Declaration of Independence?

1. all people possess unalienable rights of “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness”

2. King George violated colonists’ rights with taxation without representation

3. colonies had the right to break free from England – Enlightenment Idea

4. When was the Declaration of Independence approved? July 4, 1776 Actual footage 1776 Scene

5. What were the two main positions on the American Revolution?

Loyalists – people who sided with the British also called Tories (20 to 30% of population) Many loyalists left the colonies due to

persecution Patriots – supporters of Declaration (40-

45% of population) Considered traitors and could be killed if

caught

6. What was the early role of Native Americans in the American Revolution?

Native American were being recruited by both sides, but most would end up siding with the British because of colonists stealing their lands

7. Whose rights were not protected by the Declaration of Independence? Why do you think NOT!

- Women, enslaved Africans, and Native Americans

Why do you think they weren’t protected????