1. Learning Targets Be able to understand how the British caused
patriotic colonists to begin to feel revolutionary fervor
Be able to discuss the colonists’ reaction to British
laws and taxes
Know the 3 main parts and ideas within the
Declaration of Independence
Be able to explain the overall economic and
political condition of the brand new United
States of America following the war against Britain

2. Tyranny- The unjust and unfair use of power
over another group of people
Fervor- A feeling, like a fever or desire to act
out or make a change
Consent- to agree to or allow something to
happen

3. Causing a Fervor
Even after years of oppressive mercantilism, the British decided to pay off their war debt with new taxes and laws aimed at the colonies
“Taxation Without Representation”- Tyranny-Proclamation of 1763, Writs of Assistance, Stationing 10,000 Redcoats, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, Declaratory Act, Quartering Act, Intolerable (Coercive) Acts, Common Sense, British judges in colonial courts

4. Reactions to Tyranny
Committees of Correspondence, smuggling, boycotting, Sons of Liberty, Stamp Act Congress, Daughters of Liberty, Boston Tea Party, using propaganda (Boston Massacre), Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
First Continental Congress, Declaration of Rights, Second Continental Congress, forming the Continental Army, Olive Branch Petition, Shot heard ‘round the world
The Declaration of Independence

5. Seeking A Country of Their Own
The Declaration of Independence formally notified King George of the Patriots’ intentions. It contained three main ideas:
Jefferson wrote that all men possess unalienable rights including “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”
The British had violated the colonists’ rights, so Jefferson listed all of the violations and subsequent grievances against the British
The colonies are going to break away since the king broke the social contract. Patriots will form a brand new country called the United States of America

6. After a long and difficult war against Great Britain, what condition do you think the brand new United States of America was in politically and economically?

7. Conditions The brand new United States was:
Weak and vulnerable (to attack or takeover)
Disorganized, selfish, and without their best trade partner
Fragmented by The Articles of Confederation, ideology, and differing economies
Indebted without tax revenue or a treasury