2.2: Independence & the American Revolution

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The American Revolution was inspired by the Enlightenment: John Locke—all men are born with natural rights that cannot be taken away & citizens can revolt from tyrannical gov’ts

Montesquieu—power should not be in the hands of one king

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense argued for colonial independence

The Declaration of Independence

The new nation would be a democratic

republic

Peoples’ rights cannot

be taken away

Based on the Social Contract

Theory

All men are created equal

Colonists wanted

independence

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence• IN CONGRESS, JULY __, 1776

The _____________ Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

• When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to ___________ 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 ______ which impel them to the separation.

causes

dissolve

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Declaration of Independence

• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created ______, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of ________. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the _______________, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the _________ 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.

equal

happiness

governed

right

The group responsible for the Boston Tea Party

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3. The Sons of Liberty

4. The Founding Fathers

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The act that closed the port of Boston and imposed military rule on all of Massachusetts

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Quartering Act4. The

Intolerable Acts

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The British enacted the “Intolerable Acts” in reaction to

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2. The Boston Tea Party

3. Lexington and Concord

4. The colonial boycott of British goods

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A law passed by Parliament that required colonist to pay a tax on most printed materials

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Navigation Acts

3. The Stamp Act4. The

Proclamation of 1763

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Many American colonists believed the Stamp Act (1765) represented a form of

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1. taxation without representation

2. colonial self-government.

3. compromise with the British Parliament.

4. limitation on international trade.

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Why did the British attempt to raise taxes in the colonies?

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1. They needed to pay for the French and Indian War.

2. They needed to fight the threat from Napoleon.

3. Money was needed to finance colonial social programs.

4. Money was needed to pay for Native American territory.

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The following was set-up to facilitate communication between the colonies

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2. The 2nd Continental Congress

3. Committees of Correspondence

4. House of Burgesses

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Committees of correspondence would have been most devoted to which of the following?

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Stamp Act3) Protecting the

king’s reputation4) Encouraging

colonial protest against England

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