Diagram the Sentence

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Diagram the Sentence

• The Declaration of Independence changed the world
  forever.

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The Declaration of Independence
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• What is a representative democracy?
• A. A form of government in which one person
  makes decisions for everyone.
• B. A form of government in which everyone votes
  on every issue.
• C. A form of government in which people elect
  others to vote on every issue for them.
• D. A form of government in which a select few
  vote on issues.

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• Which of the following is personification?
• Life is like a rose bud.
• No pain, no gain
• All the worlds a stage.
• A smiling moon

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• Which characteristic of the Enlightenment period
  was Henry emphasizing in his speech?
• A. Scientific inquiry instead of religious dogma
• Representative government instead of monarchy
• Ideas of justice, liberty, and equality as the
  natural rights of man.

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• What does Henry do in his speech?
• Appeals to emotions
• Starts out calm and heightens to calling for a
  break from Britain.
• Calls another try at talking to the British.

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Causes for the Declaration

• Revolutionary War 1775-1783
• Causes
• Quartering Provisions (1765, 1774)
• Revenue Taxes
• Sugar Act (1764)
• Stamp Act (1765)
• Full scale fighting broke out in 1775

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Quartering Act

• Colonists had to quarter, house and feed, all
  British troops in America. The troops lived in
  civilian houses and the civilians had to feed
  them. The civilians received no money for doing
  this.

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Sugar Act

• Colonists had a tax placed on all sugar products.

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• Both Henry and Paine were
• Never developed their arguments for the
  readers/listeners
• Always only appealed to logic
• Always only appealed to reason
• Persuasive speakers/writers

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Stamp Act

• Colonists had to buy stamps for newspapers, legal
  documents, mortgages, liquor licenses, even
  playing cards and almanacs.

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PreAmble

• The reasons for writing down the Declaration
  (from "WHEN, in the Course of human Events" to
  "declare the Causes which impel them to the
  Separation.").
• What reason(s) did the Founding Fathers give for
  their decision to write out a declaration?

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Statement of Beliefs

• Specifying what the undersigned believed, the
  philosophy behind the document (from "We hold
  these Truths to be self-evident" to "an absolute
  Tyranny over these States").
• What beliefs did the Founding Fathers declare
  they held?

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• What type of slavery does Paine denounce in his
  speech?
• Of our fellow man
• Taxation slavery
• Indentured servants
• Taking our sailors and making them slaves.

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List of Complaints

• The offenses that impelled the declaration (from
  "To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a
  candid World" to "unfit to be the ruler of a free
  people").
• What are a few of the complaints?
• Are any specific events mentioned? If not, is the
  information given sometimes sufficient to figure
  out to which events the complaints refer?

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• Which characteristic of the Enlightenment period
  does the Declaration emphasize?
• Scientific inquiry instead of religious dogma
• Representative government instead of monarchy
• Ideas of justice, liberty, and equality as the
  natural rights of man.

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Statement of Prior Attempts to Address the
Problems

• (From "Nor have We been wanting in attentions to
  our British brethren," to "Enemies in War, in
  Peace Friends.")
• In what way(s) did the framers claim to have
  already tried in addressing the complaints?

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The Declaration

• (From "WE, therefore" to "and our sacred
  Honour.")
• What will change in the colonies as a result of
  the Declaration?