Understanding American Revolutionary Documents and Declarations

Tuesday, Nov. 7
1.
Get out your spiral and put your binder on the floor
2.  
Update Table of Contents
Date
   
   
Title
    
   
Entry #
11/5
  
Olive Branch Petition v. Common Sense
 
50
11/7
  
Ch. 6/Section 4:  Declaring Independence
 
51
3.
Get out your Electoral College Map
   
 
Show Birdville 's results
 
Olive Branch Petition v. Common Sense  
Use History Alive page 110
I.
After the battles at Lexington and Concord and the British retreat
from  
back to
 Boston, there were many more battles, 
and most
 
yet
few
 colonists began to cry for independence
.
II.
Make a Venn Diagram:  Record at least one similarity and at least
three differences between the Olive Branch Petition and Common
Sense
 
Olive Branch Petition
Common Sense
Give
solutions to
the problems
between
Great Britain
and the
colonies.
 
Olive Branch Petition
Common Sense
Give
solutions to
the problems
between
Great Britain
and the
colonies.
        *  Written to
King George.
*Colonists ask for
an end to the
quarrels and
hope for peace.
*King George
rejects it and
calls colonists
traitors.
 
Olive Branch Petition
Common Sense
Give
solutions to
the problems
between
Great Britain
and the
colonies.
        *  Written to
King George.
*Colonists ask for
an end to the
quarrels and
hope for peace.
*King George
rejects it and
calls colonists
traitors.
*Written to
colonists.
*Claims Great
Britain has hurt
the colonists.
*Thousands of
colonists are
persuaded to
declare
independence
.
Chapter 6/Section 4:  Declaring Independence
A.
Categorizing
 
Chapter 6/Section 4:  Declaring Independence
A.
Categorizing
 
 
Chapter 6/Section 4:  Declaring Independence
A.
Categorizing
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAIk6ydRwg
Battle of Bunker Hill
Chapter 6/Section 4:  Declaring Independence
A.
Categorizing
Chapter 6/Section 4:  Declaring Independence
A.
Categorizing
Chapter 6/Section 4:  Declaring Independence
A.
Categorizing
Common Sense
http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=12303
Common Sense
Who:
  
*Thomas Paine was an immigrant
           from England.
*He was asked to write an essay
       urging independence
Entry 55 
Common Sense
Who:
  
*Thomas Paine was an immigrant
           from England.
*He was asked to write an essay
       urging independence
When:
*Common Sense was written in Jan.
1776
Entry 56 
Common Sense
Who:
  
*Thomas Paine was an immigrant
           from England.
*He was asked to write an essay
       urging independence
Why:
* Parliament didn’t have the right
        to make laws for the colonies.
*Kings are corrupt
*Economically, we could survive w/out
          England
When:
*Common Sense was written in Jan.
1776
Entry 56 
Common Sense
Who:
  
*Thomas Paine was an immigrant
           from England.
*He was asked to write an essay
       urging independence
Why:
* Parliament didn’t have the right
        to make laws for the colonies.
*Kings are corrupt
*Economically, we could survive w/out
          England
When:
*Common Sense was written in Jan.
1776
Significance:
This pamphlet sold many
colonists on the idea of
independence.
Entry 56 
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  1. Tuesday, Nov. 7 1. Get out your spiral and put your binder on the floor 2. Update Table of Contents Date 11/5 Olive Branch Petition v. Common Sense 11/7 Ch. 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence Title Entry # 50 51 3. Get out your Electoral College Map

  2. Show Birdville 's results

  3. Olive Branch Petition v. Common Sense Use History Alive page 110 I. After the battles at Lexington and Concord and the British retreat from back to Boston, there were many more battles, and most yet few colonists began to cry for independence. II. Make a Venn Diagram: Record at least one similarity and at least three differences between the Olive Branch Petition and Common Sense

  4. Olive Branch Petition Common Sense Give solutions to the problems between Great Britain and the colonies.

  5. Olive Branch Petition Common Sense * Written to King George. *Colonists ask for an end to the quarrels and hope for peace. Give solutions to the problems between Great Britain and the colonies. *King George rejects it and calls colonists traitors.

  6. Olive Branch Petition Common Sense * Written to King George. *Written to colonists. *Colonists ask for an end to the quarrels and hope for peace. Give *Claims Great Britain has hurt the colonists. solutions to the problems between Great Britain and the colonies. *Thousands of colonists are persuaded to declare independence. *King George rejects it and calls colonists traitors.

  7. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A. Categorizing Political Actions Outcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) Chose George Washington as military commander Authorized printing of paper money

  8. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A. Categorizing Political Actions Outcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military Actions Outcomes 3. Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) Americans captured the fort and its cannons and large guns

  9. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A. Categorizing Political Actions Outcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) King George rejected the petition (blockaded entire colonies, sent German mercenaries called Hessians)

  10. Battle of Bunker Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAIk6ydRwg

  11. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A. Categorizing Political Actions Outcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military Actions Outcomes 3. Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) 4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775) British won but suffered huge causalities. Moral victory for the Americans

  12. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A. Categorizing Political Actions Outcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military Actions Outcomes 3. Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) 4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775) 5. Continental Army invades Quebec (Nov. 1775) Continental Army was defeated

  13. Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence A. Categorizing Political Actions Outcomes 1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775) 2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Military Actions Outcomes 3. Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) 4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775) 5. Continental Army invades Quebec (Nov. 1775) 6. Continental Army surrounds British forces in Boston (Jan. 1776) Continental Army s show of strength causes British soldiers and Loyalists to leave Boston

  14. Common Sense http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=12303

  15. Entry 55 Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence Common Sense

  16. Entry 56 Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence Common Sense When: *Common Sense was written in Jan. 1776

  17. Entry 56 Why: * Parliament didn t have the right to make laws for the colonies. *Kings are corrupt *Economically, we could survive w/out England Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence Common Sense When: *Common Sense was written in Jan. 1776

  18. Entry 56 Why: * Parliament didn t have the right to make laws for the colonies. *Kings are corrupt *Economically, we could survive w/out England Who: *Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England. *He was asked to write an essay urging independence Common Sense When: *Common Sense was written in Jan. 1776 Significance: This pamphlet sold many colonists on the idea of independence.

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