Time Table leading up to the Revolutionary War Tea Act Boston Tea Party BTP Intolerable Acts IA 1st Continental Congress 1st CC boycott British goods, prepare local militias, Declaration of Rights D of R Lexington/Concord – shot heard ‘round the world SHRW 2nd Continental Congress

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

How do we unite? Unify? Come together? Rally support?

Unify? Come together? Rally support? Celebrities Pictures Facts – relatable/imaginable Show something familiar Get everyday/ordinary people to be an active participant (Pink Day)

Were most Americans in support of the war? Raising an Army PP

The works that fostered UNITY 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 and Political Action 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)

But how do you get everyone on the same page? JOIN, or DIE JOIN, or DIE Q&A – Kids Info Bits

Join, or Die Application If we (who?) do not come together (unite/ join) against _______________, then our hopes and dreams of _________________ will die. French and Indian War Revolutionary War Why a picture/illustration? Why a snake?

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

Common Sense Philadelphia January 1776

Author…Thomas Paine (ouch) Writes as a common person (anonymously) to the common man

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) Writes as a common person (anonymously) to the common man “There is something very absurd in supporting a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.” What is Paine saying? Citizens, not Kings and Queens, should make laws Why is this a bold statement?

A new way 2 @ King/Crown Authority

Bottom line Paine discusses the basic colonial dreams… economic freedom A government/institution that defends its people/citizens that its

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

Declaration of Independence What is it?

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

Thomas Jefferson All men are created equal… Youngest of the committee (33) Virginia delegate Drafts a version over a period of three weeks Committee/CC revisions Acceptance July 4, 1776 56 Signatures: John Hancock

Five Parts Introduction – We have our reasons for this declaration, they are explained below Preamble – outlines our self-evident principles and government’s role relative to those principles Body One – here are all the ways you and your government failed and/or abused us Body Two – here are all the ways in which we tried to work together with you and make peace Conclusion – We are now, officially our own nation

Declaration of Independence Locate and label (with a post-it) The FIVE parts of the D of I – place a post it with the title of each section at the START of each section The truths we believe to be self-evident “all men are created equal” “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” One grievance (complaint) against the King Explain what that grievance is in your OWN words Quartering of soldiers in colonial homes Depriving colonists of a trial by jury The exact sentence that says the United States are officially independent/free.

Declaration of Independence Locate and label (with a post-it) The truths we believe to be self-evident “all men are created equal” “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” One grievance (complaint) against the King Explain what it is in your OWN words Quartering of soldiers in colonial homes Depriving colonists of a trial by jury The exact sentence that says the United States are officially independent/free.

What truths are self-evident? created All Unalienable (undeniable) Rights

What truths are self-evident? created to these ‘s When govt. becomes destructive of these rights… have the create a new 2

Full fledged war is upon the Patriots While NOT a declaration of war, GB views this is such

but still not really physically prepared More unified than ever… (Join, or Die, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence) emotionally charged and together but still not really physically prepared

Five Parts Introduction – We have our reasons for this declaration, they are explained below Preamble – outlines our self-evident principles and government’s role relative to those principles Body One – here are all the ways you and your government failed and/or abused us Body Two – here are all the ways in which we tried to work together with you and make peace Conclusion – We are now, officially our own nation

Five Parts Introduction Preamble 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 Body Two Conclusion 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)

Five Parts Introduction Preamble 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 Body Two Conclusion 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)

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