The Colonies Declare Independence Learning Objectives: • We will learn why Common Sense had such an impact on the colonies. • We will learn name of the author of Common Sense. • We will list the steps the Second Continental Congress took which led to independence. • We will summarize the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence. Language Objective: • Students will summarize the three main parts of the Declaration of Independence by making a foldable in the Interactive Notebook (I.N.) Chapter 6 Section 2
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The Colonies Declare Independence
Learning Objectives:• We will learn why Common Sense had
such an impact on the colonies.• We will learn name of the author of
Common Sense.• We will list the steps the Second
Continental Congress took which led to independence.
• We will summarize the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence.
Language Objective:• Students will summarize the three main
parts of the Declaration of Independence by making a foldable in the Interactive Notebook (I.N.)
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The Colonies Declare Independence Common Sense
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Dr. Benjamin Rush
Thomas Paine
The Colonies Declare Independence Common Sense
Setting the Scene
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Thomas Paine
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Setting the Scene
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George Washington
“Common Sense is working a powerful change in the
minds of men.”
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“In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away [jobs]; which in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation… Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.”
What is Thomas Paine arguing in this quote?
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“Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation… ‘Tis time to part.”
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Thomas Paine is making a call for independence in
the colonies!
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The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence
Shortly after Lexington and Concord, the colonies called another meeting in Philadelphia.
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The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence
Shortly after Lexington and Concord, the colonies called another meeting in Philadelphia.
At
Woodworth???
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Shortly after Lexington and Concord, the colonies called another meeting in Philadelphia.
Independence Hall
in Philadelphia
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Richard Henry Lee
“WE ARE RESOLVED, That these United Colonies are and of right
ought to be, free and Independent States”
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John Adams Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Robert Livingston
Roger Sherman
These men all worked on the ideas that
went into the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson actually drafted and wrote the words of the Declaration of
Independence.
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Signing the Document
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Signing the Document
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Signing the Document
John HancockPresident of the Second
Continental Congress
“There… I guess KingGeorge will be able to
read that!”
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Citizens in New York tore down a statue of King George III.
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The Colonies Declare Independence The Declaration of Independence
