Time Table leading up to the Revolutionary War Tea Act Boston Tea Party BTPIntolerable Acts IA1 st Continental Congress 1 st CCboycott British goods, prepare local militias, Declaration of Rights D of RLexington/Concord – shot heard ‘round the world SHRW2 nd Continental Congress

Time Table leading up to the Revolutionary War 2 nd CCContinental Army (GW), Olive Branch Petition OBPIt’s War or Peace W or PEfforts for UNITY (enlistment, public support – Join, or Die, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence)

Spreading the word… WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET!!!! Enlistment – An army State militias Continental Army Women/African Americans – Public support Pictures – Join, or Die (unite, create a common enemy) Literature – Common Sense (put the situation in laymen’s terms) Authority/Leadership – Declaration of Independence (government providing an explanation of why we are fighting)

Raising an Army PP

Working on unity Join or Die Common Sense Declaration of Independence

But how do you get everyone on the same page? JOIN, or DIE JOIN, or DIE Q&A - Wikipedia

What is this cartoon all about? 1. What is this a picture of? – A. Snake/serpent 2. What makes up the snake/serpent? – A. segments or colonies/states Which colonies are mentioned? – A. South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New England 3. What is the purpose of this cartoon? – A. Present a unified front against any enemy – B. Rally support for revolt/breaking free from Great Britain

Common Sense Philadelphia January 1776

4 “chapters” of CS Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs Of the Present Ability of America: with some Miscellaneous Reflections

Author…Thomas Paine (ouch) “There is something very absurd in supporting a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.” Citizens, not Kings and Queens, should make laws Writes as a common person (anonymously) to the common man

Paine discusses basic colonial dreams…

Declaration of Independence What is it?

Authors…Committee of Five Robert Livingston Roger Sherman Ben Franklin John Adams Thomas Jefferson

Youngest of the committee (33) Virginia delegate Drafts a version over a period of three weeks Committee/CC revisions Acceptance July 4, Signatures: John Hancock All men are created equal …

Five Parts Introduction – This section will declare the causes that makes this document necessary (we have our reasons to write such a document) Preamble – States our self-evident principles (explains what is innately ours as a human) (because we are human we have the right to life, liberty and property (pursuit of happiness) – States that a government is established to protect those rights/principles (your GB government should have protected those rights)

Five Parts Body One – Lists the abuses that King George III has imposed on the colonists (violations of those rights) (here is a list of all the times you haven’t protected our rights) Body Two – Discusses the attempts at peace and reconciliation (Declaration of Rights, Olive Branch Petition) (even after all of these violations, we still tried to make peace offerings) Conclusion – States colonial freedom (we are now free; states not colonies, but not just states we are a United States of America)

What truths are self-evident?

Declaration of Independence Stated the conditions that made the Declaration of Independence necessary Described the basic rights of people Proved the conditions existed in Colonial America (basic rights being violated) Ends all allegiance to Great Britain