What led to The Declaration of Independence Chapter 4 Section 3 What led to The Declaration of Independence

Reminder: What led to the Declaration of Independence After the French and Indian War and Pontiac’s War events in the colonies and ideas about authority and government pushed the colonists to call for Independence. So what were these events and ideas?!?!

Reminder: What led to the Declaration Events: Proclamation of 1763 Stamp Act Townshend Act Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party Intolerable / Coercive Acts First Continental Congress Fighting at Lexington and Concord Ideas: The Great Awakening The Enlightenment

Reminder: What led to the Declaration Enlightenment: an intellectual movement that caused people to 1. question the purpose of government 2. Think about the best way to organize a government 3. Question what you could do if that government wasn’t doing what it was designed to do Great Awakening : religious movement that caused colonists to see all people as equal, regardless of how much money they had or who their parents were.

Let’s think like someone during the Enlightenment Why do people create governments? What would life be like if there was no government? What are 3 or 4 basic things a government should do? https://youtu.be/CP8k_f3PFq8

What led to the Declaration of Independence By the end of 1774: Colonists sent delegates to the First Continental Congress. They asked colonists to boycott British goods and begin training in case a conflict began… By the middle of 1775: Fighting had broken out in Lexington and Concord, in Massachusetts, because British troops were trying to take weapons away from the colonial militia Fighting continued in New England for the next several months

What led to the Declaration of Independence As fighting continued in 1775, the colonists sent King George III and Parliament the Olive Branch Petition asking for An end to fighting Repealing of the Intolerable / Coercive Acts A written bill of rights for the colonists

What led to the Declaration of Independence As fighting continued in 1775, the colonists sent King George III and Parliament the Olive Branch Petition asking for An end to fighting Repealing of the Intolerable / Coercive Acts A written bill of rights for the colonists King George III refused!!!!!

What led to the Declaration of Independence By the end of 1775 many colonists were still unsure if the colonies should remain under British control or if they should break away and form their own nation. In January 1776 Thomas Paine published a pamphlet titled Common Sense He used simple language that everyone could understand to explain why separation was necessary. He also used Enlightenment ideas to talk about the kind of government we should create. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygOwpMZdOI4

What led to the Declaration of Independence? In May of 1776 the Second Continental Congress met and decided that the only option left was to declare Independence!