9-30-15: Warm Up: Compare these two quotes:

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9-30-15 Warm Up Compare these two quotes

•  Man... hath by nature a power .... to preserve
  his property - that is, his life, liberty, and
  estate - against the injuries and attempts of
  other men. -John Locke (1690)
• all men are endowed by their creator with
  certain inalienable Rights, that among these are
  Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, that
  to secure these rights governments are instituted
  among men.- Thomas Jefferson (1776)
• Why do you think Jefferson chose to change the
  word estate or property when he used Lockes
  idea of natural rights?
• According to the theory of natural rights, what
  do citizens have the right to do if the govt. is
  not protecting their inalienable rights?

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The Declaration of Independence
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Olive Branch Petition

• Drafted July 5, 1775 by 2nd Continental Congress
• One last attempt at peace and put a brief end to
  the revolution.
• It outlined colonial grievances (complaints) and
  asked the British government to respond and deal
  with them.
• King George III refused to accept the petition.
  He believed the Americans to be in rebellion, and
  he could quickly end it with his military force.

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Common Sense

• Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
• Argues the obvious reasons why the Colonists
  should separate from England.

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I challenge the warmest advocate for
reconciliation to show a single advantage that
this continent can reap by being connected with
Great Britain. Why is it that we hesitate? From
Britain we can expect nothing but ruin
Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for
separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping
voice of nature cries, tis time to
part. Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
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Declaration of Independence

• Who Thomas Jefferson
• When July 4, 1776
• Where Philadelphia, PA
• Why/Purpose To say that the colonies are
  separating from England and forming a new nation

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Parts of the Declaration
Preamble Intro When in the course of human events
Rights of people and government all men are created equalright of the people to alter or abolish it
Grievances complaints (longest part) He has imposed taxes on us without our consent.
Conclusion These united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states.
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Parts of the Declaration

1. Preamble Founders beliefs about the purposes of
   government and how it should be created

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Parts of the Declaration

• II. Arguments rights of people are based on
  natural law, which are unchanging set of laws
  that govern human relations
• Everyone is created equal
• People are born with unalienable rights rights
  that cannot be taken away
• Our rights are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
  Happiness

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Parts of the Declaration

• III. List of Grievances complaints against the
  King
• Ex
• -seeking to destroy colonial legislatures
• -keeping standing armies in times of peace
• -requiring the quartering of troops
• -imposing taxes w/o the consent of the people
  being taxed
• -denying trial by jury

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Efforts of the Colonists

• Weve tried a bunch of times to stay peaceful.
  The king is just a jerk.
• So is Parliament.

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Parts of the Declaration

• IV. Conclusion Formal statement of independence
• -the bond between Great Britain and the colonies
  is dissolved
• - these United Colonies are, and of Right ought
  to be, Free and Independent States.

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• Thomas Jefferson calls his work An Expression of
  the American Mind

Reading of the Declaration of Independence Declar
ation Song
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Signing the Declaration of Independence
Jefferson
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Signers of the Declaration
What would happen to these men had we lost the
war?
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Questions!

1. What is the purpose of the Declaration of
   Independence? (It is not to declare
   independence.)
2. What is the purpose of governments?
3. Where do governments get their powers?
4. What can people do when the government abuses its
   power?

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• Entitle to give legal right Self-evident
  obvious clear
• Dissolve to fade away Consent to give
  permission
• Just fair Institute to set up rules
• Secure to protect/keep safe Derived where
  laws begin
• Submit to give in Grievance complaint
• Endowed to give/provide Redress to fix or
  make right
• Oppression overwhelm by force
• Preamble beginning of a document which explains
  its purpose
• Declaration to make an official statement
• Political bands - Connections or alliances you
  may have with people of a political party
• Usurpation to seize or hold without legal
  authority
• Unalienable right that cannot be taken away
• Impel to be left with no other option or choice
• Tyranny where a ruler has absolute power