1. Day 26 Birth of a Republic Warm Up: Deaf Women’s Courtship
Objective: Compare and Contrast the American Revolution as either an aberration or model of its time
Standard: 10:1.3 and 10:2.1
- Folk American just prior to revolution a stark contrast to views of love and wealth from the English Aristocracy(American Revolution)

2. The American Colonies 1700- 250 thousand by 1770- 2.15 million
Colonist had lived there for 150 years- colonial identity
Navigation acts- Tariffs on foreign goods, trade restrictions
Impact of French and Indian war- further restrictions

3. Build up to Independence
Problems: War Benefit vs. Debt
Stamp Act: Wills, Deeds, Newspapers, and other printed materials
No representation in Parliament…therefore until then no direct taxes

4. Hostility Repeal of Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party- Closed ports and occupied
Continental Congress Formed
1775 Lexington Mass.- troops vs. militiaman

5. Enlightenment Influence
Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams – use enlightenment ideas to gain support of independence movement
“…that to secure these rights, government are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
Declaration of Independence

6. Thomas Paine- Common Sense
“ But where, say some, is the king of America? I’ll tell you, friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the royal brute of Great Britain…Let a day be solemnly set a part for proclaiming the charter; let it be brought forth placed on the divine law, the word of God; let crown be placed theron, by which the world may know, that so far that as we approve of monarchy, that in America THE LAW IS KING. For as in absolute government the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to Be king, and there ought to be no other”

7. Victory Overconfident British Leadership Distance, Time, Money
Louis XVI (France) – Pay Back.
Lafayette and Von Stuben training
Lafayette became a hero In the American 20 years old

8. New Government First Government- Articles of Confederation= weak fed.
Constitution- 1787
Federalism – Federal, State and Local Power
Enlightenment- Locke (Consent) Montesquie (Separation of Power) Rousseau ( Elections), Voltaire (free speech, religion), Beccaria ( Bill of rights)

9. Summary Questions
Put these events in order – a) The repeal of the stamp act b) The Bill of Rights c) French and Indian War d) 2nd Continental Congress
Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
The first US government was based on what document?
What allowed the US to win their independence over a more powerful Great Britain?