The Declaration of Independence

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Declaration of Independence

Advertisements

The Declaration of Independence: What it Means

American Government/Civics Review

Do you know the name of the document which contains the words: “ We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal”

Chapter 12 Declaration of Independence Paraphrasing in our Own Words Fill the notes in for the appropriate excerpt. Use your social studies book to match.

Declaration of Independence Review Activity

Citizenship Test / American History

America’s Founding Principles Key Terms

We the People, #7 What basic ideas about government were in the Declaration of Independence?

The Declaration of Independence

Equal Justice under Law

Portfolio Questions. Option 1: Which idea, event, person, or movement most influenced colonists in their demand for independence? Support your position/argument.

The Revolutionary War Ch 4 section 2 – Ideas Help Start a Revolution.

Declaration of Independence. Second Continental Congress Convened May 19, 1775 Convened May 19, 1775 George Washington appointed Commander.

Do you know the name of the document which contains the words: “ We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal”

Lincoln’s Speeches and Ideas Liberty Workbook p. 34 Liberty Workbook p. 34.

Declaration of Independence. 1.The _________________________ approved the Declaration of Independence. 2.The decision to write the Declaration of Independence.

Chapter 11: Civil Rights Section 1: Civil Rights & Discrimination (pgs )

Declaration of Independence © Erin Kathryn 2014.

Constitutional Convention Worksheet

By: Corey Shattuck Grouped with: Ashley and Alberta :D

Declaration of Independence PowerPoint

Patriots Declare Independence!

between Native Americans and settlers in New England.

The Colonies Declare Independence

Declaring Independence

Philosophical Background of the U.S. Constitution

The Declaration of Independence

Rights of Citizens Do you, as a teenage high-school student, have any rights? What are some of those rights? What would you do if they were taken away?

DO NOW! 3. Paine’s speech demonstrate all of the following points of a good speech EXCEPT? a.He sublimate himself to serve to achieve a greater good. b.

The First U.S. Government

Philosophical Background of the U.S. Constitution

The American Revolution

John Locke – Two Treatises of Government

Declaration of Independence © Erin Kathryn 2014.

Declaration of Independence 1776

Historical Context Socratic Seminar

Declaration of Independence

Important Questions For Today’s Lecture

Task on Entry Divide into two teams. Each team needs to try to memorise as many of the states in America as possible within 1 minute. When the time is.

American Thinkers and the Fundamentals of a Free Society

Declaration of Independence © Erin Kathryn 2014.

Gettysburg Address Close Reading.

Essential Question: How did women of the nineteenth century use a national document of independence dating from the eighteenth century to make their argument.

Warm-Up: Speed Skills Challenge

Bellringer (9/16/14) Brainstorm & explain 4 issues or problems the former colonists (now, Americans!) would face after winning the Revolutionary War and.

Key U.S Documents.

INFLUENCES ON THE US GOVERNMENT

Declaration of Independence PowerPoint

Britain Imposes New Regulations on the American Colonists

Questions 1) How would being far away from Great Britain be a problem for the colonists? How did this fact led to the American Revolution? 2) How did.

Declaration of Independence

Unit 3: Civil War

Declaration of Independence.

Rhetorical devices are different from rhetorical appeals.

The Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence.

John Locke and Enlightenment Thought

The Courts, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights: Equal Protection

Notes on the Declaration of Independence

Notes on the Declaration of Independence

American Government The Declaration of Independence

What nation is the song about? What is the message of the song?

Faith Class Ms. Belfer June 2006

Measurement Topic 1: The Development of Modern Political Thought

Progressive Changes for Women & African Americans

Whitman “I Hear America Singing”

Measurement Topic 1: The Development of Modern Political Thought

Sojourner Truth Speech HW

Declaration of Independence © Erin Kathryn 2014.

Presentation transcript:

The Declaration of Independence Central Ideas and the Legacy

Central Ideas—The document was written to do three things: explain the basic rights of man, demonstrate how the King had failed the colonists in providing these rights, and inform the King of the Consequences of his actions. All men (people) are created equal. All men (people) have basic rights that cannot be taken away. The government gets its power to make decisions from the people, and owes it to them to protect them and their rights. When the government fails to protect them people or their rights, then the people have the right to make the necessary changes to the government or remove it completely.

Legacy: How has the Declaration of Independence affected United States history? The phrasing of all men are created equal led to discussions about do we mean “all men”? Do we include people of different ethnic backgrounds? What about women? Native Americans? Slaves? Same as above, do all of these groups have the same rights that cannot be taken away? If so, why have we denied so many their rights? Think of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address during the Civil War—referring to a government “of the people, by the people and for the people.” How does that reflect the ideas of the Declaration? If the government fails to do its job, then the people can replace it. Did this argument help shape the Civil War? WHAT IS THE LEGACY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TODAY?