1. REVOLUTION! What happened to make us Americans, not just transplants
What was the original American Dream?

2. Around 1750, something magic happened

3. SPRITE
Create your own.
Write down everything you can think of to go in your category.
YOU CANNOT DUPLICATE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS WRITTEN

4. For what it’s worth…
Citizenship is a beautiful thing…and totally taken for granted.
Could you be a citizen if you had to earn it?

5. SPRITE: Age of Reason
S: increasing social protest; loyalists vs. rebels; lots of pamphlets (“Common sense”); increasing separation from Europe
P: 1st and 2nd continental congress; wrote the articles of confederation; lack of representation in Parliament; Federalism
R: Deism; freedom of religion
I: Natural Rights of Man; Enlightenment philosophy (emphasis on logic and reason)
T: Guerrilla Warfare; new printing presses
E: Increased taxes (Stamp Act, Sugar Tax); Triangle Trade; raw materials were shipped to Engliand, but colonists were underpaid for them

6. Parts of an Argument
Argument: the body of a text that expresses an opinion and offers support for that opinion
Counterargument: the opposing POV of any argument
Claim: the beginning of an argument; the author’s position
Support: evidence given to prove the author’s point valid
Purpose: why the author composes the argument

7. Parts of the DOI Preamble: announces the reason for the document
Declaration: states people’s natural rights and their relationship to the government
List: a lot of reasons King George III sucks
Conclusion: a formal statement of independence

8. Homework
Read pg
Answer questions 1-5 and 9

9. Counter-Argument
Argument:
Claim
Support
Support
Detail
Support
Support
Detail
Detail
Detail
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10. Claim Near the beginning in the preamble
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

11. Support
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.

12. Support
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

13. Counterargument
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.

14. Support
It’s a long, long list

15. Support
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

16. Conclusion/Call to Action
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

17. Argument
The call to action + a summary of the claim and support

18. The Rhetorical Triangle
Effective arguments must have a balance of ethos, pathos, and logos
Ethos: appeal to people’s morals/sense of right and wrong
Try to prove God is on your side
Pathos: emotional appeal; makes people listen
Logos: rational, cold hard facts
Look back at your support and detail stuff. Which ones are ethos, pathos, or logos

19. Assignment Write the Declaration of Independence from English III.
Your argument must contain all the parts of an argument—labelled for easy grading
Your argument must contain at least one example of ethos, pathos, and logos—labeled for easy grading
You must also be able to convince your classmates to sign your DOIFE3…despite certain clear consequences for such rebellion

20. Rhetorical Devices
Anaphora—the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of sentences
Parallel Structure—repetition of grammatical structures; creates smoothness and makes stuff stick in your brain
Loaded Language—the use of highly connotative words

21. DOI Quiz Part I: Basic Comprehension
What are the three rights the author claims all men have?
Who gives man these rights?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
What was the purpose of this document?
According to the DOI, from where do governments get their power?

22. Part II: Parts of an Argument
Summarize the claim of the DOI.
Identify AND explain one example of supporting evidence.
What is the call to action in the DOI?
What is the counterargument in the DOI?
Identify one example of ethos found in the DOI.

23. Part III: Application—Use the prompt below to craft your argument
Would humanity be better off if we weren’t so obsessed with technology?
Create a claim
Identify a counterargument
Create AND explain one piece of supporting evidence for your claim.
Create one example of pathos you could use to argue your claim.

24. American Revolution Test
What is the counterclaim in the DOI?
Who wrote the DOI?
Identify the main claim in the preamble of the constitution.
List the three things guaranteed in the First Amendment.

25. Watch the video speech.
Identify the claim, counterargument, and 2 pieces of support.
Identify one example each of pathos, ethos, and logos.
Is this an effective argument? Explain your answer.
How have our perceptions of rights and liberties changed since the writing of the DOI? Are the values discussed in the video the same things that would have been valued by the Founding Fathers? Explain your answers.