1. Thursday, Nov. 8 1.Get out your spiral and put your binder on the floor 2. Update Table of Contents DateTitleEntry # 11/5Olive Branch Petition v. Common Sense50 11/7Ch. 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence51 11/8Common Sense notes52 3.Get out your worksheet from yesterday (Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence)

3. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) Chose George Washington as military commander Authorized printing of paper money

5. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military ActionsOutcomes 3.Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) Americans captured the fort and its cannons and large guns

7. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) King George rejected the petition (blockaded entire colonies, sent German mercenaries called Hessians)

10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAIk6ydRwg Battle of Bunker Hill

11. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military ActionsOutcomes 3.Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) 4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775) British won but suffered huge causalities. Moral victory for the Americans

12. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military ActionsOutcomes 3.Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) 4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775) 5. Continental Army invades Quebec (Nov. 1775) Continental Army was defeated

13. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A.Categorizing Political ActionsOutcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military ActionsOutcomes 3.Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) 4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775) 5. Continental Army invades Quebec (Nov. 1775) 6. Continental Army surrounds British forces in Boston (Jan. 1776) Continental Army’s show of strength causes British soldiers and Loyalists to leave Boston

14. Common Sense Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence Entry 52

15. Common Sense Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence When: *Common Sense was written in Jan. 1776

16. Common Sense Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence Why: * Parliament didn’t have the right to make laws for the colonies. *Kings are corrupt *Economically, we could survive w/out England When: *Common Sense was written in Jan. 1776

17. Common Sense Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence Why: * Parliament didn’t have the right to make laws for the colonies. *Kings are corrupt *Economically, we could survive w/out England When: *Common Sense was written in Jan. 1776 Significance: This pamphlet sold many colonists on the idea of independence.

18. I used to be your King http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhFKB036gy M&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL 6FD39D73463207A0