1. 2-2 Uniting for Independence

2. Objectives
Relate how the colonist united against British Laws, leading to the Declaration of Independence

3. Colonist and Britain  
The colonist remained loyal to Britain in exchange for some self rule and protection from the French
Although Britain regarded the American colonies largely as a source of economic benefits, it allowed them limited self- government.

4. Paying for the French and Indian War
King George III and his ministers made the colonies help pay for the war by levying new taxes on the colonists.
The first direct tax placed on the colonist was the Stamp Act

5. French and Indian War
The British government tightened its control over the colonies after the French and Indian wars.
The French and Indian War was the defeat of the French in America

6. Why were the colonist upset
Harsh British policies and taxes helped unite the colonies
revenue is the money collected by the government
The colonist revolted because of the government without representation

7. Protesting
To protest British policies, the colonists sent petitions to the king and also organized committees of correspondence.
The Boston Tea party closed Boston Harbor

8. Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress held in Philadelphia in 1774 debated what the colonies should do about their relationship with Britain.
When the Second Continental Congress met in 1775, fighting had begun and Congress acted as a central government to carry on the Revolution.
The President of the Second Continental Congress was John Hancock

9. Thomas Paine Thomas Paine’s wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense
This pamphlet state that it was common sense that the colonist should separate from Britain and it strengthened the independence movement.

10. Events that Led to the Declaration of Independence
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Quartering Acts
Townshend Acts
Boston Massacre
Currency Act
Common Sense

11. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a delegate at the first and second continental congress.
He was asked to draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
He based the declaration upon John Locke’s ideas.

12. The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration had three parts:
a statement of purpose, including a description of basic human rights;
a list of specific complaints against King George III;
a statement of the colonists’ determination to separate from Great Britain.

13. Key Ideas
By the end of 1776, 10 states had adopted written constitutions, which were based on
1. consent of the governed
2. limited government,
3. The protection of individual rights.