The Colonies Declare Independence Learning Objectives: We will learn why Common Sense had such an impact on the colonies. We will learn name of the author.

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The Colonies Declare Independence Learning Objectives: We will learn why Common Sense had such an impact on the colonies. We will learn name of the author of Common Sense. We will list the steps the Second Continental Congress took which led to independence. We will summarize the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence. Language Objective: Students will summarize the three main parts of the Declaration of Independence by making a foldable in the Interactive Notebook (I.N.) Chapter 6 Section 2

The Colonies Declare Independence Common Sense Chapter 6 Section 2 Dr. Benjamin Rush Thomas Paine

The Colonies Declare Independence Common Sense Setting the Scene Chapter 6 Section 2 Thomas Paine

The Colonies Declare Independence Common Sense Setting the Scene Chapter 6 Section 2 George Washington “Common Sense is working a powerful change in the minds of men.”

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Common Sense

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Common Sense

“In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away [jobs]; which in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation… Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.” What is Thomas Paine arguing in this quote? Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Common Sense

“Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation… ‘Tis time to part.” Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Common Sense Thomas Paine is making a call for independence in the colonies!

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence Shortly after Lexington and Concord, the colonies called another meeting in Philadelphia.

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence Shortly after Lexington and Concord, the colonies called another meeting in Philadelphia. At Woodworth???

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence Shortly after Lexington and Concord, the colonies called another meeting in Philadelphia. Independence Hall in Philadelphia

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence Richard Henry Lee “WE ARE RESOLVED, That these United Colonies are and of right ought to be, free and Independent States”

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence John AdamsBenjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Robert LivingstonRoger Sherman These men all worked on the ideas that went into the Declaration of Independence

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence Thomas Jefferson actually drafted and wrote the words of the Declaration of Independence.

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence Signing the Document

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence Signing the Document

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence Signing the Document John Hancock President of the Second Continental Congress “There… I guess King George will be able to read that!”

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence Congress Votes for Independence Citizens in New York tore down a statue of King George III.

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence

Chapter 6 Section 2 The Colonies Declare Independence The Declaration of Independence