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Time Table leading up to the Revolutionary War Tea Act Boston Tea Party BTPIntolerable Acts IA1 st Continental Congress 1 st CCboycott British goods, prepare local militias, Declaration of Rights D of RLexington/Concord – shot heard ‘round the world SHRW2 nd Continental Congress

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

Raising an Army PP

But how do you get everyone on the same page? JOIN, or DIE JOIN, or DIE Q&A - Wikipedia

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

Spreading the word… WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET!!!! Enlistment – An army State militias Continental Army Women/African Americans – Public support 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)

Common Sense Philadelphia January 1776

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

Colonial dreams…

Declaration of Independence What is it?

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

Youngest of the committee (33) Virginia delegate Drafts a version that includes elements from previous documents/writings over a period of three weeks Committee/CC revisions Acceptance July 4, Signatures: John Hancock All men are created equal …

What truths are self-evident?

Five Parts Introduction – This section will declare the causes that makes this document necessary Preamble – States our self-evident principles (explains what is innately ours as a human) – States that a government is established to protect those rights/principles

Five Parts Body One – Lists the abuses that King George III has imposed on the colonists (violations of those rights) Body Two – Discusses the attempts at peace and reconciliation (Declaration of Rights, Olive Branch Petition) Conclusion – States colonial freedom

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