****At the end of this lesson, I will be able to do the following: SS.7.C.1.3- SS.7.C.1.3 and SS.7.C.1.4 Declaration of Independence 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 1
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? 2
Timeline to Independence Which British policies led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence? 3
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EVIDENCE: Ideal? Ideal? 5
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Now let s WRAP IT ALL UP. 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? ************************************************************************************* SS.7.C.1.4 Grievances in the Declaration of Independence In your own words describe what the word GRIEVANCE means. 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 7
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 He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. Meaning He has refused to enforce laws He has forbidden the legislature (group of lawmakers) to pass laws. 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. 8