2nd Six Weeks Study Set (8th grade)

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Unalienable Rights

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Rights that are a natural part of being born and cannot be taken away. These include:

Life

Liberty

Happiness/property

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Declaration of Independence

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Written by Thomas Jefferson.

Date: 1776

Purpose: Explain why the colonies wanted to be independent. Formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britain.

Three sections:

1. 1. All people possess unalienable rights

2. 2. Grievances the colonists had against King George III and Parliament.

3. 3. Colonies had the right to break away from Great Britain. Governments and rulers must protect the rights of citizens. In exchange, citizens agree to be governed. King George had broken that contract.

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Grievances listed in the DOI

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1. 1. King created rules that were good for him, but not good for the colonists.

2. 2. King removed representative voices because they opposed him. Invaded the rights of the people.

3. 3. Forced colonists to house soldiers in time of peace.

4. 4. Cutting off trade with other parts of the world other than Great Britain.

5. 5. Imposing taxes without colonial permission and not providing representation.

6. 6. Not allowing a trial by jury and forcing the accused to travel across the sea in order to get a hearing. Many offenses were false.

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Northwest Ordinance

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1787, after the Treaty of Paris – procedures for orderly

future expansion of the U. S.

Slavery was prohibited in the

Northwest Territory

System to admit new states as

equals to original colonies when

population reached 60,000 (to

form not less than 3 or more than

5 states)

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Thomas Paine

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Influencer. Writer. Thinker.

Wrote: Common Sense.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

Even if Britain has helped us in the past, that doesn't mean we should stay under its control forever.

America has a chance to build a better government, one that protects the rights of all people.

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George Washington

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Before the Revolution:

• Served in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War (1754–1763).

• Gained military experience and reputation for leadership.

• Became a critic of British policies like the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts.

During the Revolution:

• Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress.

• Led American forces through key battles: Boston, Trenton, Valley Forge, and Yorktown.

• Known for resilience, strategic retreats, and unifying the army.

• Helped secure victory with French support, culminating in British surrender at Yorktown (1781).

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People of the American Revolution

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Review the following Revolutionary Heroes: Abigail Adams, John Adams, Wentworth Cheswell, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, James Armistead, Benjamin Franklin, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette.

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Lexington and Concord

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First Battle of the American Revolution

The shot heard around the world

Paul Revere: warned colonists the British were coming.

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Battle of Saratoga

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1777- Turning Point in the American Revolution

Convinced France to join the war, providing military and financial support.

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Battle of Yorktown

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1781 – last battle of American

Revolution

With French help (their fleet

blocked British escape by sea),

Colonial army defeated the

British

Gen. Cornwallis surrendered to

Gen. Washington