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DBQ 1: THE TWO SIDES OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

DBQ QUESTION:What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? Discuss the various attitudes, actions, and grievances leading to a Declaration of Independence from the colonists to Great Britain’s crown. Give response to both perspectives (the colonists and the king).

GUIDESource/Theme Document Who’s Perspective

Colonist or KingGeorge Mason’s letter to Richard Henry LeeDecember 6, 1770COMPLAINTS

Document A

Political Cartoon Illustrating the “Intolerable Acts,” August 1774 PUNISHMENT

Document B

The Boston Port Act: (Part of the Intolerable Acts)March 31, 1774 PUNISHMENT

Document C

Excerpt from King George III of Great Britain, August 23, 1775ALLEGIANCE

Document D

John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” 18th CenturyALLEGIANCE

Document E

The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776COMPLAINTS

Document F

INSTRUCTIONS:DO CATCH ON EVERY DOCUMENTYour DBQ Must Be At Least 5 Paragraphs Long. DBQ Introductory Paragraph 1:

Must Have a Hook (Quote of the Day, Analysis, Relevant Question) Must Have Background Information (At least 3 Sentences) Must Have a Comprehensive Thesis as the last sentence of your introductory paragraph.

DBQ Body Paragraph 2 (CER 1): Must have an Introductory Sentence. Must Have a Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning. Must Have a Closing Statement leading to the Next Point of Discussion. All together at Least 5 Sentences

DBQ Body Paragraph 3 (CER 2): Must have a Transitional Sentence. Must Have a Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning. Must Have a Closing Statement leading to the Next Point of Discussion. All together at Least 5 Sentences

DBQ Body Paragraph 4 (CER 3): Must have a Transitional Sentence. Must Have a Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning. Must Have a Closing Statement leading to the Next Point of Discussion. All together at Least 5 Sentences

Conclusion DBQ Paragraph 5: Point out the importance of the thesis and how it was discussed. Leave the Reader with a thought (Future Reference)

Document A-DO CATCH

George Mason was a colonist whose views about the relationship between Great Britainand the colonies changed as his beliefs about individual rights and liberties evolved. This patriotargued tirelessly to preserve the rights of individuals and to ensure that government would notencroach [infringe] on those rights. www.gunstonhall.org/georgemason/quotes.html

Source: George Mason’s letter to Richard Henry LeeDecember 6, 1770

“We have always acknowledged we are always ready to recognize thesovereignty of Great Britain but we will not submit to have our own money taken outof our pockets without our consent; because if any man or any set of men take fromus without our consent or that of our representatives one shilling in the pound wehave not security for the remaining nineteen. We owe to our Mother-Country theduty of subjects but will not pay her the submission of slaves.”

George Mason

PLEASE ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES-INCLUDE YOUR QUESTION IN YOUR ANSWER-THIS SHOULD HELP WITH YOUR REASONING.

1. What country is George Mason accusing of taking money without consent from theColonists?

2. While George Mason is willing to recognize the sovereignty of Great Britain what is henot willing to do?

3. According to this quote, what are the types of currency the colonists used?

4. Is Document A a Primary or Secondary Source?

Document A-CER

Keep in Mind the DBQ Question: What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? Discuss the various attitudes, actions, and grievances leading to a Declaration of Independence from the colonists to Great Britain’s crown. Give response to both perspectives (the colonists and the king).

PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:CER QUESTION: WHAT IS GEORGE MASON’S POINT OF VIEW? WHAT IS HE UNWILLING TO GOVE UP? (At the end your Final Paragraph should have at least 5 sentences).

C-CLAIM(Must be in a complete sentence. The sentence must include the question in the answer and make a

statement.)Sentence Starter: George Mason’s point of view is…

E-EVIDENCEPlease select 1 or 2 sentences from the text (Copy word by word exactly) that supports your claim.

Introduce your Evidence: George Mason’s Letter to Richard Henry Lee on December 6, 1770 states: “

R-REASONINGMust be 2 Complete Sentences long. Please make sure you answer why of the question and how

your evidence supports your claim. Using an analogy is very helpful in your reasoning. An analogy is giving an example to explain what you said.

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Document B-DO CATCH

Parliament moved quickly to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and to reassert its authority over the colonies. It passed a series of acts that the colonists called “intolerable.” This political cartoon shows colonial protest against the Intolerable Acts. In August of 1774, the Williamsburg Resolutions were passed. Virginians were urged to sign a pledge of loyalty to the Continental Congress and to stop the export of tobacco to England, the colonies’ major and most profitable crop, until all taxes on imported goods were repealed.

http://www.ccsd.eduSource: Political Cartoon Illustrating the “Intolerable Acts,” August 1774

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1. What document do you think the man is signing?

2. What do you think would happen to this man if he refused to sign this document?

3. Is this a Primary or Secondary Source?

Document B-CER

Keep in Mind the DBQ Question: What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? Discuss the various attitudes, actions, and grievances leading to a Declaration of Independence from the colonists to Great Britain’s crown. Give response to both perspectives (the colonists and the king).

PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:CER QUESTION: WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THE POLITICAL CARTOON? WHAT IS IT TRYING TO SAY ABOUT THE COLONISTS AND KING’S PERSPECTIVE? (At the end your Final Paragraph should have at least 5 sentences).

C-CLAIM(Must be in a complete sentence. The sentence must include the question in the answer and make a

statement.)Sentence Starter: The message of the Political Cartoon is…

E-EVIDENCEPlease select 1 or 2 sentences from the text (Copy word by word exactly) that supports your claim.

Introduce your Evidence: The Political Cartoon Illustrating the “Intolerable Acts,” August 1774 shows

R-REASONINGMust be 2 Complete Sentences long. Please make sure you answer why of the question and how

your evidence supports your claim. Using an analogy is very helpful in your reasoning. An analogy is giving an example to explain what you said.

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The Coercive Acts, known to the colonists as the “Intolerable” Acts were a series of lawspassed by British parliament in 1774 in response to the growing unrest in the thirteenAmerican colonies, particularly in Boston, Massachusetts after incidents such as the BostonTea Party. The Boston Tea Party was the response of angry colonists to the taxing andimporting of tea from Great Britain. Colonists seized the ships carrying tea and dumped thecargo overboard in revolt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts

Source: The Boston Port Act: (Part of the Intolerable Acts)March 31, 1774

“AN ACT to discontinue… the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of goods,wares, and merchandise, at the town, and within the harbour, of Boston, in theprovince of Massachuset's Bay, in North America.WHEREAS dangerous commotions and insurrections have been fomented and raisedin the town of Boston, in the province of Massachuset's Bay, in New England, bydivers ill affected persons, to the subversion of his Majesty's government, and to theutter destruction of the publick peace, and good order of the said town; in whichcommotions and insurrections certain valuable cargoes of teas, being the property ofthe East India Company, and on board certain' vessels Iying within the bay orharbour of Boston, were seized and destroyed…”

PLEASE ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES-INCLUDE YOUR QUESTION IN YOUR ANSWER-THIS SHOULD HELP WITH YOUR REASONING.

1. What did this act ban?

2. Why was the Boston Port Act passed by British parliament?

3. Is this Document a Primary or Secondary Source?

Document C-CER

Keep in Mind the DBQ Question: What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? Discuss the various attitudes, actions, and grievances leading to a Declaration of Independence from the colonists to Great Britain’s crown. Give response to both perspectives (the colonists and the king).

PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:CER QUESTION: HOW WOULD THE BOSTON PORT ACT LEAD THE COLONISTS TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN? (At the end your Final Paragraph should have at least 5 sentences).

C-CLAIM(Must be in a complete sentence. The sentence must include the question in the answer and make a

statement.)Sentence Starter: The Boston Port Act would lead the colonists to declare Independence from the King of Great Britain by…

E-EVIDENCEPlease select 1 or 2 sentences from the text (Copy word by word exactly) that supports your claim.

Introduce your Evidence: The Boston Port Act of March 1774 states: “

R-REASONINGMust be 2 Complete Sentences long. Please make sure you answer why of the question and how

your evidence supports your claim. Using an analogy is very helpful in your reasoning. An analogy is giving an example to explain what you said.

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The following excerpt is King George III’s response to the colonist’s acts of rebellion anddefiance (i.e. The Boston Tea Party, various boycotts, anti-British propaganda, etc.)

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/?documentprint=875Source: Excerpt from King George III of Great Britain, August 23, 1775King George IIIAugust 23, 1775“Whereas many of our subjects in divers parts of our Colonies and Plantations inNorth America, misled by dangerous and ill designing men, and forgetting the allegiancewhich they owe to the power that has protected and supported them; after various disorderlyacts committed in disturbance of the public peace, to the obstruction of lawful commerce,and to the oppression of our loyal subjects carrying on the same; have at length proceeded toopen and avowed rebellion, by arraying themselves in a hostile manner, to withstand theexecution of the law, and traitorously preparing, ordering and levying war against us…… “we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue our RoyalProclamation, hereby declaring, that not only all our Officers, civil and military, are obliged toexert their utmost endeavours to suppress such rebellion, and to bring the traitors to justice,but that all our subjects of this Realm, and the dominions thereunto belonging, are bound bylaw to be aiding and assisting in the suppression of such rebellion, and to disclose and makeknown all traitorous conspiracies and attempts against us, our crown and dignity; and we doaccordingly strictly charge and command all our Officers, as well civil as military, and allothers our obedient and loyal subjects, to use their utmost endeavors to withstand andsuppress such rebellion, and to disclose and make known all treasons and traitorousconspiracies which they shall know to be against us, our crown and dignity…”

PLEASE ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES-INCLUDE YOUR QUESTION IN YOUR ANSWER-THIS SHOULD HELP WITH YOUR REASONING.

1. How did the king view the colonists that rebelled against him?

2. How did the king plan to suppress the rebellion?

3. Is this Source a Primary or Secondary Source?

Document D-CER

Keep in Mind the DBQ Question: What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? Discuss the various attitudes, actions, and grievances leading to a Declaration of Independence from the colonists to Great Britain’s crown. Give response to both perspectives (the colonists and the king).

PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:CER QUESTION: WHAT ACTIONS IS THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN TRYING TO DO? WHAT IS THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN’S PERSPECTIVE? (At the end your Final Paragraph should have at least 5 sentences).

C-CLAIM(Must be in a complete sentence. The sentence must include the question in the answer and make a

statement.)Sentence Starter: The King of Great Britain is trying to…

E-EVIDENCEPlease select 1 or 2 sentences from the text (Copy word by word exactly) that supports your claim.

Introduce your Evidence: The excerpt from King George III of Great Britain in August 23, 1775 states: “

R-REASONINGMust be 2 Complete Sentences long. Please make sure you answer why of the question and how

your evidence supports your claim. Using an analogy is very helpful in your reasoning. An analogy is giving an example to explain what you said.

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John Trumbull was an American painter, architect, and author, whose paintings of major episodes in the American Revolution form a unique record of that conflict's events and participants. This painting depicts the presentation of the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress. The five men in the middle are the committee of men who drafted the document. The committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson (the primary author), Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman.

http://www.quiz-tree.com/Declaration-of-Independence-Trumbull.html

Source: John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” 18th Century

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1. Who are the five men standing in the middle of the room?

2. Who do you think the other men are in the room?

3. Is this painting a Primary or Secondary Source?Document E-CER

Keep in Mind the DBQ Question: What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? Discuss the various attitudes, actions, and grievances leading to a Declaration of Independence from the colonists to Great Britain’s crown. Give response to both perspectives (the colonists and the king).

PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:CER QUESTION: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE FIVE AUTHORS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE? HOW DOES THIS PAINTING SUPPORT OR SHOW THEIR PERSPECTIVE? (At the end your Final Paragraph should have at least 5 sentences).

C-CLAIM(Must be in a complete sentence. The sentence must include the question in the answer and make a

statement.)Sentence Starter: The significance and perspective of the five authors of the Declaration of Independence are…

E-EVIDENCEPlease select 1 or 2 sentences from the text (Copy word by word exactly) that supports your claim.

Introduce your Evidence: John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence painting from the 18th century shows…

R-REASONINGMust be 2 Complete Sentences long. Please make sure you answer why of the question and how

your evidence supports your claim. Using an analogy is very helpful in your reasoning. An analogy is giving an example to explain what you said.

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The Declaration of Independence was written by delegates of the Second ContinentalCongress to proclaim their freedom from Great Britain’s rule. The Declaration had three majorparts. The first part stated that all people have unalienable rights (rights that cannot be takenaway from you). The second part stated the complaints of the colonies against King George andhow he had violated the colonists’ rights of self- government. The third part argued that thecolonists had the right to separate from Great Britain. The following excerpt comes from theportion of the Declaration which states the colonists’ complaints against the king.Holt, Rinehart and Winston- Call to Freedom.

Source: The Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4, 1776

“…The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuriesand usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyrannyover these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world……He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts ofpeople, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in theLegislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only…

…He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers toharrass our people, and eat out their substance……He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent ofour legislatures…

…He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to ourconstitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts ofpretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which theyshould commit on the Inhabitants of these States:For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent……We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitionshave been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus markedby every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people…

PLEASE ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES-INCLUDE YOUR QUESTION IN YOUR ANSWER.

1. What term did the colonists use to describe the king?

2. Summarize the grievances (complaints) the colonists had with the king.

3. Is this source a Primary or Secondary Source?Document F-CER

Keep in Mind the DBQ Question: What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? Discuss the various attitudes, actions, and grievances leading to a Declaration of Independence from the colonists to Great Britain’s crown. Give response to both perspectives (the colonists and the king).

PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:CER QUESTION: WHO’S PERSPECTIVE AND GRIEVANCES ARE GIVEN IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE? WHAT ARE THEY? (At the end your Final Paragraph should have at least 5 sentences).

C-CLAIM(Must be in a complete sentence. The sentence must include the question in the answer and make a

statement.)Sentence Starter: The perspective and grievances given in the Declaration of Independence are from…

E-EVIDENCEPlease select 1 or 2 sentences from the text (Copy word by word exactly) that supports your claim.

Introduce your Evidence: The Declaration of Independence states: “

R-REASONINGMust be 2 Complete Sentences long. Please make sure you answer why of the question and how

your evidence supports your claim. Using an analogy is very helpful in your reasoning. An analogy is giving an example to explain what you said.

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