1. The Declaration of Independence Video
Bell ringer, 1-12
Copy down questions (10); Please skip three lines per question; Please have planner on table.
Which English King was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 A.D.?
List four rights found in the English Bill of Rights.
When did the English enact the Stamp Act?
Which famous Virginian once proclaimed, “Give me liberty or give me death!”?
Who wrote the pamphlet called Common Sense?
The Declaration of Independence Video

2. The Declaration of Independence Video
Bell ringer, 1-12
Copy down questions (10); Please skip three lines per question; Please have planner on table.
Who was the King of England during the American Revolution era?
How many soldiers were in Washington’s army?
What are the 3 unalienable rights that Jefferson refers to in the Declaration of Independence?
Who did the Declaration of Independence not include as free men?
How many colonies were reborn as the United States on July 4, 1776?
The Declaration of Independence Video

3. By 1733, 13 English ____ stretched from Massachusetts to Georgia.
Bell ringer, 1-12
Please come in quietly and read pages 31-32; Copy statement and fill in the blank.
By 1733, 13 English ____ stretched from Massachusetts to Georgia.
Following the examples of the House of Burgesses & the Mayflower Compact, each colony set up its own ____.
Each colony had a _____ and a _____.
Colonists in America soon grew used to making their own ____.
The colonists built a thriving economy could ____ problems without help from Great Britain.

4. Examine English traditions of limited and representative government
Today's Objective
Examine English traditions of limited and representative government
Describe how colonist transplanted English ideas of government to America

5. Daily Planner Bell ringer
Tic Tac Toe Chart on English traditions of government
Complete video on Declaration of Independence
Open book quiz on Ch. 1, Section 1

6. Democracy in the USA English Roots Magna Carta Common Law Parliament
English Bill of Rights

7. Advisors eventually Became English ----------- Kings and “P”
Page 29
Parliament
Advisors eventually
Became English
Kings and “P”
Cooperated to
Govern kingdom
of England
Had nobles advise
Him how to govern
his kingdom
Conflict arose &
James II is
out; -----
& are asked
To rule; Glorious
Revolution

8. Guarantees free Speech; right to Fair trial by jury;
English Bill of Rights
Page 29
Guarantees free
Speech; right to
Fair trial by jury;
Banning of cruel
& unusual
In -----, “P” drew
Up Bill of Rights;
King could not
Suspend “P”
Forced to ask
To impose taxes,
Raise new armies,
And create special
courts

9. Copy the riddle and try to answer. Please have planners on your table.
Bell ringer 1-13
Copy the riddle and try to answer. Please have planners on your table.
Why can't Kevin Laroche, who is now living in Canada, not be buried in the USA?
What animal has no wings, but yet will fly?
In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995 that same person is 10 years old. How is this possible?
What is round on the ends and high in the middle?
Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, Even a river can't fill it up. What is it?

10. Examine English traditions of limited and representative government
Today's Objective
Examine English traditions of limited and representative government
Describe how colonist transplanted English ideas of government to America

11. Daily Planner Bell ringer
Tic Tac Toe Chart on English traditions of government
8 Acts of Parliament you should know …
Video – Declaration of Independence

12. Advisors eventually Became English ----------- Kings and “P”
Page 29
Parliament
Advisors eventually
Became English
Kings and “P”
Cooperated to
Govern kingdom
of England
Had nobles advise
Him how to govern
his kingdom
Conflict arose &
James II is
out; -----
& are asked
To rule; Glorious
Revolution

13. Guarantees free Speech; right to Fair trial by jury;
Page 29
English Bill of Rights
Guarantees free
Speech; right to
Fair trial by jury;
Banning of cruel
& unusual
In -----, “P” drew
Up Bill of Rights;
King could not
Suspend “P”
Forced to ask
To impose taxes,
Raise new armies,
And create special
courts

14. System of law Based on precedent And custom Became known as
Page 29
Common Law
System of law
Based on precedent
And custom
Became known as
Law
Today, our laws
About _______,
Contracts, and
Personal injury
are based on
English Common
law
A system of
law arose
Based on ,
Ruling in an earlier
Case that was
similar

15. British Acts You Should Know
Long costly war
Fought between the
British & the French
That ended in 1763
Act that leveled
Taxes on goods
Imported into the
Colonies such as
Tea, glass and paper
Pgs
Laws passed
After Boston
Tea Party which
Restricted
colonists
Rights including
Trial by jury.
Theory that a
Country should
Sell more goods
To other countries
Than it buys.
Your Name
Date
Class Period
Act which requires
Colonists to attach
Expensive stamps
To all newspapers
And legal documents
Act that states
Parliament has the
Right to tax and
Make decisions for
colonies
Act that allowed
British East India
Company to ship
Tea to colonies
w/o paying taxes

16. How many colonists were killed at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
Bell ringer, 1-17
Copy the question, please. (10) Please skip three lines per question. Thanks.
How many colonists were killed at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
By 1763, what was the population of the English colonies?
What 3 groups in colonial American could not vote?
What 3 other European powers controlled parts of North America?
How many colonies protested the Sugar Act to Parliament?

17. Who once claimed that “only Virginians can tax Virginians!”?
Bell ringer, 1-17
Copy the question, please. (10) Please skip three lines per question. Thanks.
Who once claimed that “only Virginians can tax Virginians!”?
Why did the British choose to tax sugar?
Which state led the protest against the Townshend Act?
Which Prime Minister persuaded Parliament to end all the Townshend Acts except for the one on tea.?
How many colonists were killed at the Boston Massacre?

18. Examine English traditions of limited and representative government
Today's Objective
Examine English traditions of limited and representative government
Describe how colonist transplanted English ideas of government to America

19. Daily Planner Bell ringer Sequence Chart – Jamestown and Plymouth
Video – Seeds of Liberty
8 Acts of Parliament you should know …

21. Bringing English Heritage
to America, pg 30-31
1st permanent
settlement
Was at _______
in Virginia in 1607
King James gave
Virginia Company
A _____ to rule the
New colony

22. Colonies; Little power but It was self government
Bringing English Heritage
to America, pg 30-31
House of Burgess is the
first ___________
Assembly in English
Colonies; Little power but
It was self government
In 1619, colonists choose
2 reps from each
County to meet with
Governor; called _____
Of _______

23. Before Mayflower reaches Land, colonists realize They need rules to
Bringing English Heritage
to America, pg 30-31
In 1620, Pilgrims build
Settlement called
__________
In Massachusetts
Before Mayflower reaches
Land, colonists realize
They need rules to
________ themselves

24. Established a _______ of Direct democracy that You can still see today
Bringing English Heritage
to America, pg 30-31
Mayflower compact
Established a _______ of
Direct democracy that
You can still see today
In NE
Mayflower Compact set up
A ______ democracy, in
Which all men would vote
And majority would rule

25. Copy the question, please. (5). Read page 37 ( ) and answer. Thanks.
Bell ringer, 1-18
Copy the question, please. Read passage on Thomas Jefferson on page 37 and answer. Thanks
Copy the question, please. (5). Read page 37 ( ) and answer. Thanks.
What did Thomas Jefferson dislike?
What three jobs did Jefferson’s father have?
Where was Jefferson sent as a minister?
Jefferson was the governor of what state?
What document did Jefferson mention on his tombstone?

26. Today's Objective
Identify the ways the British government tried to tighten control over its American colonies
Describe the ways American colonists resisted and rejected British control.

27. Daily Planner Bell ringer Timeline – Colonial Resistance
Video – Seeds of Liberty
HWK – Roots of Democracy Timeline

28. Colonial Resistance, pg 33-34
1765
1767
Colonial Resistance, pg 33-34
1763
1766
1773

29. Colonial Resistance, pg 33-34
British adopt
called
To squeeze
As much wealth
Out of colonies
1765
“P” passes the
Act
which
Requires stamps
On all paper
products
“P” passes
Acts
Which further
Angered the
colonies
1767
Colonial Resistance, pg 33-34
&
War ends,
Britain must
Cover cost of
War by taxing
1763
“P” passes
Act
Which says that
“P” has right
To tax colonies
1766
1773
“P” passes
Tea Act giving
right to
Ship tea to
Colonies w/o
Paying tax

30. Copy the question, please. (5). Read page 37 ( ) and answer. Thanks.
Bell ringer, 1-19
Copy the question, please. Read passage Analyzing Primary Sources on page 43. Answer questions in complete sentences. Thanks.
Copy the question, please. (5). Read page 37 ( ) and answer. Thanks.
Why did Washington write to the Continental Congress?
What sort of items was General Washington’s army lacking?
Is Washington’s letter a primary or secondary source?
When did General Washington write the letter?
How do you think the letter might have influenced the Continental Congress?

31. Today's Objective
Identify the ways the British government tried to tighten control over its American colonies
Describe the ways American colonists resisted and rejected British control.

32. Daily Planner Bell ringer Outline – Movement toward Independence
8 questions you should know …
Video – Seeds of Liberty

33. Page 28-32 What was the What was the What was the Written plan for
Chapter 2-1 Questions you should know
What was the
First permanent
English
settlement in
North America?
What was the
Written plan for
Government drawn
Up by the Plymouth Colonists?
What was the
Document Parliament
Drew up that limited
The rights of the king
An agreement or
Contract among a
Group of people
What English document
Protected the nobles’
Rights and upheld their
Authority?
Page
28-32
In law, a ruling
In an earlier case that
Was similar
A lawmaking body
In England
King or queen
Who rules a
country

34. Movement Toward Independence, pg 35-36
Colonial Governments
1. Bands together to fight the __________ Acts
2. Sept. of 1774, 12 of 13 colonies go to ________ to voice concerns
3. Wanted to establish a __________ to represent American interests and challenge British authority
First Continental Congress
1. Delegates sent a document to _________ demanding rights of colonists be restored
2. Planned to extend _________ of British goods
3. Planned to reunite a ___________ if needs were not meet
King George
1. Responds with __________ to colonist demands
2. Battle of _____________ are 1st action of Revolutionary War
3. Colonists began to question relationship with England and began to call for _________