Warm Up

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Warm Up

• Get a copy of Revolutionary Tea from your table
  folder and record the answers in the warm up
  section of your notebook.
• Be ready to share
• your answers!

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Warm Up

• Who are the characters in this song? Who do they
  represent?
• What island does the song refer to? What ocean
  is referred to?
• What does the boiling tide represent?
• What event in history does the song represent?
• What are the feelings expressed in this song?

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The Declaration of Independence
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Background

• July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence is
  adopted by Congress, John Hancock was the first
  person to sign it
• August 2, 1776 Declaration of Independence is
  signed by 50 present members of Congress,
  Franklin remarks We must all hang together or we
  shall hang separately.

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Main Author Thomas Jefferson

• Although there were 5 men appointed to write the
  Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was the
  main author

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The Signers

• John Hancock was the first person to sign the
  Declaration of Independence.
• (He signed it very largely so King George could
  see it all the way from England.)
• There were 56 signers of the Declaration from all
  of the 13 colonies.
• Signing the Declaration was considered treason,
  punishable by death

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Purpose

• To show why the colonies were revolting against
  Britain and Declaring their Independence

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Break Up Letter

• The Declaration of Independence is really a break
  up letter from the colonists to the king.
• If you were going to write someone a break up
  letter, what parts would you include?

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Parts of a Break Up Letter
Part of Letter Purpose
Introduction (Preamble) To let the other person know that you shouldnt be together any more
Statement of Rights To explain what every person has a right to expect from a relationship
List of Grievances To let them know the reasons why you have to break up with them
Resolution of Independence To explain that you will be by yourself now and not together any more
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Declaration of Independence Foldable

• Fold in half (hamburger fold)
• Cut a slit on the top sheet halfway down

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Declaration of Independence Foldable

• Cut 2 more slits so that you have 4 flaps

Preamble
Natural Rights
Grievances
Label the flaps with labels shown
Resolution of Independence
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Declaration of Independence Foldable

• Open foldable and record info on back of flaps

Introduction
With a partner, use your copy of the Declaration
of Independence to write down a short phrase from
each part of the document in this section
Rights of the people/role of govt
Colonists complaints
Colonists declare their independence
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Declaration Puzzle

• With a partner, you will cut out the headings and
  phrases from the Declaration of Independence.
• Decide which section each statement belongs in
  and piece the Declaration back together!
• When you figure it out, glue it on notebook paper
  and turn it in.

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Enlightenment

• Jefferson used the Enlightenment ideas of JOHN
  LOCKE
• People are born with certain natural rights
  life, liberty and property
• People form governments to protect these rights
• If governments interfere with these rights, the
  people have the right to OVERTHROW them

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A Landmark

• Marks the FIRST TIME EVER that a group of
  revolutionaries explained in detail why they had
  the right to change their government
• Ideas of the Declaration of Independence
  influenced the French Revolution and revolutions
  in South America.

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American Revolution

• Crash Course American Revolution