quarter one: unit three...

Quarter One: Unit Three Name:__________________________________

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(SS.7.C.1.3, SS.7.C.1.4)

****At the end of this

lesson, I will be able to do

the following:

SS.7.C.1.3-

_____ trace the causal relationships between English/British policies,

English responses to colonial grievances, and the writing of the Declaration

of Independence.

_____ recognize the underlying themes of English colonial policies

concerning taxation, representation, and individual rights that formed the

basis of the American colonists’ desire for independence.

SS.7.C.1.4-

_____ explain the concept of natural rights as expressed in the Declaration

of Independence.

_____ identify the natural rights specifically expressed in the Declaration of Independence (life, liberty,

and the pursuit of happiness).

_____ analyze the relationship between natural rights and the role of government: 1. People are endowed

by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; 2. Governments are instituted among men to secure these

rights; 3. Governments derive their just powers from the consent of governed; and 4. Whenever any form

of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to

institute new government.

_____ recognize the connection between specific grievances in the Declaration of Independence and

natural rights’ violations.

_____ recognize colonial complaints as identified in the Declaration of Independence (imposing taxes

without the consent of the people, suspending trial by jury, limiting judicial powers, quartering soldiers,

and dissolving legislatures).

**** Terms I need to know at the end of this lesson…. ___English/British Policies Affecting Declaration of Independence

___Natural Rights (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness) ___Role of Government

___Complaints and Grievances in Declaration of Independence ___Assent

___Oppression ___Self-Evident ___Tyranny

1. Grievance

2. Assent

3. Oppression

4. Self-Evident

5. Tyranny

6. Rule of Law

SS.7.C.1.3 and SS.7.C.1.4

Declaration of

Independence


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(SS.7.C.1.3, SS.7.C.1.4)

America the Story of US- Rebels History Channel Documentary

http://safeshare.tv/x/ss57d69e8479908

Directions: After watching the video, answer the below questions.

1. Why did early travelers come to places like Jamestown, Virginia and Plymouth, Massachusetts?

2. What were two of the immediate difficulties faced by the first travelers to the "New World?"

3. Why did Patriots/Americans feel that they had a right to NOT pay British taxes?

4. How did the King of England react after the French and Indian War? How did he treat the colonists? (video and textbook 99-100)

5. What steps led to the conflict known as the Boston Massacre? What happened?

6. At the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774 Patrick Henry famously

captured the sentiments of many Patriots by stating:

"I am not a Virginian, I am an American."

Explain how Henry's quote signify a major shift in national identity.

7. John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man. How did Thomas Jefferson address those rights in the Declaration of Independence?

http://safeshare.tv/x/ss57d69e8479908


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(SS.7.C.1.3, SS.7.C.1.4)

Timeline to Independence…Which British policies led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence?


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(SS.7.C.1.3, SS.7.C.1.4)


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(SS.7.C.1.3, SS.7.C.1.4)

EVIDENCE:

Ideal?

Ideal?


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(SS.7.C.1.3, SS.7.C.1.4)

Ideal?

Ideal?


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(SS.7.C.1.3, SS.7.C.1.4)

Now let’s WRAP IT ALL UP……………………….

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SS.7.C.1.4 Grievances in the Declaration of Independence

In your own words describe what the word GRIEVANCE means.

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The Declaration of Independence listed MANY grievances that the colonists had

against the King and Great Britain. Here are a few that you should be familiar with:

1. Imposing taxes without the consent of the people

2. Suspending trial by jury

3. Limiting judicial powers

4. Quartering soldiers

5. Dissolving legislatures

Paragraph: (Complete on a separate sheet of

paper)

What are the key ideals in the

Declaration of Independence?

Which ideal is most important

and why?


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(SS.7.C.1.3, SS.7.C.1.4)

Grievance Translation: Now let’s take time to look at the exact wording of a complaint and

figure out what the colonists were saying to Great Britain and the king.

Complaint as written in the Declaration of Independence Meaning

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most

wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has refused to enforce laws

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of

immediate and pressing importance

He has forbidden the legislature (group of lawmakers) to pass

laws.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly,

for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the

rights of the people.

He “fired” legislatures (group of lawmakers) if those

legislatures did not do what he wanted them to do.

He has called together legislative bodies at places

unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the

depository of their Public Records

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by

refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary

Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for

the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment

of their salaries.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing

Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops

among us:

For imposing taxes on us without our Consent

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial

by Jury

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out

of his Protection and waging War against us.

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