2.  Neglect Distance leads to self governance Salutary or healthy neglect  Mercantilism Nations power depends on wealth Navigation Acts Cheap Raw Materials from Colonies

3.  Taxes French-Indian War (1754- 1769) Increase in taxes to pay for war Stamp Act 1765  Taxes on newspapers and legal docs Quartering Act  House and supply British Garrison Restricting Civil Rights

4.  Theoretical Representation vs. Actual Representation “No taxation without representation!” “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!”  Separate Identity

5.  Civil Disobedience Boston Tea Party  First Continental Congress Demand Rights Be Restored Battles between British and Colonists in Mass  Lexington and Concord  Second Continental Congress Manage the Growing War

6.  http://www.history.com/topics/declarati on-of-independence http://www.history.com/topics/declarati on-of-independence  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvpZ xMfKaU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvpZ xMfKaU

7.  The Declaration of Independence was directly effected by the Enlightenment  Thomas Hobbes Leviathan  We make a contract with a government giving up rights for protection  Jean-Jacques Rousseau Social Contract Like Hobbes (make contract with gov. for protection) Sovereignty in hands of people

8.  John Locke Natural Rights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7QjThdwbG k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7QjThdwbG k  Montesquieu Separation of powers

9.  Using your knowledge of the enlightenment explain how that impacted the declaration of Independence Use specific examples from the Declaration

10.  Find 5 examples of enlightenment ideas in the Declaration of Independence

12.   1. Which document did the Pilgrims write at Plymouth Rock? A. Mayflower Compact B. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut C. Magna Carta D. English Bill of Rights

13.  2. What was the first representative legislative body in the English colonies? A. United States House of RepresentativesB. First Continental Congress C. Virginia House of Burgesses D. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

14.  3. Which document first stated that kings do not have “divine right” to rule? A. Mayflower Compact B. B. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut C. Magna Carta D. Hammurabi’s Code