Ch.6.4 – Declaring Independence

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Thomas Paine: Common Sense p. 180

Primary Source Reading: “Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, “ ‘Tis time to part.” Even the distance at which the Almighty had placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other was never the design of heaven.” - Thomas Paine, excerpt from Common Sense What reasons does Paine state the colonies must break with Britain? Who might this pamphlet appeal to?

Primary Source Reading: “Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, “ ‘Tis time to part.” Even the distance at which the Almighty had placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other was never the design of heaven.” - Thomas Paine, excerpt from Common Sense What reasons does Paine state the colonies must break with Britain? Who might this pamphlet appeal to?

Read excerpt from Thomas Paines’ Common Sense and textbook description p. 180: 1. What reasons does he state the colonies must break from Britain? its unnatural to stay connected – politically, economically, geographically. 2. Who might this pamphlet appeal to? (the neutral 1/3, the masses, the common people) 3. What are its main points? (all monarchies are corrupt, all men should be able to vote, there are economic benefits to being free of Britain.)

Today’s Target: Section 6.4 p. 177 Explain why Americans declared their independence from Britain

Continental Army is formed Second Continental Congress Meets May 10, 1775 Americans attack The British at Ft. Ticonderoga May 10, 1775 June 17, 1775 1775 Continental Army is formed Second Continental Congress Meets British win the Battle of Bunker Hill – suffer large casualties Washington in command January 1776 Cannon captured by Americans at Ft. Ticonderoga arrive in Boston November 1775 Summer 1775 George Washington arrives in Boston to build American forces July 1775 Benedict Arnold attacks the British in Quebec but fails; hopes to bring Canada in on America’s side American moderates send Olive Branch petition to King George III

Continental Congress authorizes colonies to form their own governments May 1776 Continental Congress authorizes colonies to form their own governments March 17, 1776 July 4, 1776 Seven thousand British troops retreat from Boston Continental Congress votes for independence from Britain Common Sense by Thomas Paine 1) reasons for separating * Reasons why it makes sense to be independent 2) taxation without representation & Loss of representative government Appeals to the common people 3) People are born with rights that can’t be taken away. 4) right to overthrow a government

America, The Story of Us ~22:oo min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wIPkTdgw24