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REVOLUTIONARY WAR DOCUMENTS
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Pd. 9 U.S. History Clark Middle
School Vincennes,IN
Political
By E E E
than
rica
dgar
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Summary

• The political writings of the Revolutionary War
  were a main part in the war. These are some of
  the documents and how they helped the war
• Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death-speech that
  was made to make the Patriots unafraid of death
• Declaration of Arms-holds out hope of
  reconciliation with England, but also approved of
  armed resistance
• Articles of Confederation-this purposely
  established a constitution that allowed
  individual states to share power

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• There were many influential writings of the
  Revolutionary War, but these are the most famous
• The Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Arms
• Common Sense
• Lee Resolution

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• The Declaration of Arms was written by John
  Dickinson
• It was published July 6, 1775
• This political writing authorized colonists of
  the use of arms against the British for defense.
• The writing was written shortly after the battles
  of Lexington and Concord.

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Common Sense
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The Document

• Common sense was one of the first writings that
  blamed King George for the acts that were forced
  upon the colonies and for their suffering.
• The famous writing was most likely named Common
  Sense because its sayings were based on common
  sense and simple facts.
• It was an extremely influential writing quite a
  few Loyalists were moved by it, also!
• It was one of the first writings that alerted
  colonists about the dispute between the colonies
  and Great Britain and called for independence.

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The Author

• Thomas Paine was the author of Common Sense.
• His book was published February 14, 1776
• He also wrote another very influential writing,
  the American Crisis.

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The American Crisis

• The American Crisis was the other famous writing
  written by Thomas Paine.
• It was published December 23, 1776
• The writing was so popular that more people read
  it then than the amount of people that watch the
  Super Bowl today.
• It was so influential, that Washington ordered
  that it be read to his troops before crossing the
  Delaware.

"These are times that try men's souls..."
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The Lee Resolution

• On June 7, 1776 Congress received Richard Henry
  Lees resolution for independence.
• The document contained three parts
• A declaration of independence
• A call to form foreign alliances
• A plan for confederation
• Inspired by the resolution, Congress appointed
  three committees one to draft a declaration,
  one to call to form a foreign alliance, and one
  to write a plan for confederation.
• The first part (the declaration) was approved on
  July 2, 1776.

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
  all men are created equal
• It set forth the principle that the Lee
  Resolution had suggested two days earlier.
• Thomas Jefferson was the author of the document.
• It was approved by the Second Continental
  Congress July 4, 1776.
• This document stated that the United States of
  America was now an independent country, separate
  from Britain.

Thomas Jefferson
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What if Thomas Jefferson had been caught writing
the Declaration of Independence?

• He would have been killed.

What If ?
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"Give me liberty...
or
give me death!!"
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This was a speech written by Patrick Henry that
was made to make the Patriots unafraid of death.
They tell us, Sir, that we are weakunable to
cope with so formidable an adversary, but when
shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week,
or the next year? Will it be when we are totally
disarmed, and when a British guard shall be
stationed in every house? Shall we gather by
lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the
delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall
have bound us hand and foot?
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Which Would You Choose?
Liberty
Or
Death
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Treaty of Paris

• The treaty was made on September 3, 1783
• It was made two years after the Revolutionary
  War.
• It established Americas boundaries, fishing
  rights, and provided fair treatment to those who
  remained loyal to Britain during the war.

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Loyalist Writings
Loyalist Writings
Loyalist Writings
Loyalist Writings
Loyalist Writings
Loyalist Writings

• Many people only think of documents written by
  Patriots when they think of political writings of
  the Revolutionary War.
• Two documents written by Loyalists were
• The Vicar of Bray
• The World Turned Upside Down
• These documents mainly focused on how the unruly
  child (America) should obey its mother (Britain).

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Articles of Confederation

• It was drafted by the Continental Congress
• Essentially, the Articles of Confederation was a
  pre-Constitution.
• The Articles gave more power to the individual
  states than to Congress itself.
• It was enforced March 1, 1781, after all 13
  states signed the document.

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CREDITS
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Bibliography

• www.constitution.org/civ/comsense.htm/c
• www.htm

• www.bartleby.com/133

• www.theamericanrevolution.org

• www.ctssar.org/patriots/thomas_paine.htm

The American Republic to 1877. Glencoe, 2003.
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