DW #5

Uniting for Independence

RelationshipsThe Colonies to Britain

• Raw Materials

• Economic gain

• Counter the French influence

Relationships Britain to the Colonies

• Protection from France

• Protection from Native Americans

• Lifeline of survival

Early history

• From 1607 in Jamestown to the 1760’s the colonist had enjoyed:

• Self rule

• Economic independence

Do we really need a King?

The colonies started to break free and unify with each other because of the:

• French and Indian War 1754-1763• George III’s tyrannical rule with the

stamp act (1765) and the intolerable acts

The 1st Continental Congress

• Set an embargo that pushes the King over the edge

• The American Revolution begins with Lexington and Concord

• “the shot heard around the world”

The 2nd Continental Congress

• Organized Army and Navy

• Issued Money

• Placed G. Washington in control of the Army

Road to Independence

• Battles in valley forge

• Crossing the Delaware river

• Thomas Paine writes “Common Sense”

Olive Branch PetitionJuly 5, 1775

The Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• July 4, 1776

Structure of the Declaration

• 1st-Human Rights

• 2nd-Specific complaints (justification)

• 3rd-Declaring freedom

The movement toward States rights

• States start to write their own constitutions

Assignment

• Read the Declaration of Independence• Rewrite in your own words the following:• 1- Preamble• 2- Declaration of natural rights• 3- resolution of independence