Friday, September 19 - Period 3 Lesson 4

Match

Match the following actions which contributed to calls for independence:

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Declaratory Act

• Townshend Acts

• Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer

Reduced the tax on molasses in the hopes that it could be enforced

taxed all paper products with stamped paper

announced that Parliament's authority was absolute no matter where

placed a tax on goods imported into the colonies from Britain

Argued for the power of colonial governments

• Reduced the tax on molasses in the hopes that it could be enforced

• taxed all paper products with stamped paper

• announced that Parliament's authority was absolute no matter where

• placed a tax on goods imported into the colonies from Britain

• Argued for the power of colonial governments

• Following Lexington and Concord, 12 of the 13 colonies reconvened

• Wrote the Olive Branch petition seeking one last attempt at reconciliation with the British government

• Served as the colonial government during the revolution.

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Second Continental Congress

Workbook Activity - pg. 24

Cause and Effect Practice

You will explain how the event on the left contributed to the event on the right.

I do, we do, you do.

Philosophy of the American Independence
Movement (7)

• Benjamin Franklin

• Committee of Five to draft the Declaration of

Independence

• “We must all hang together, or we will most

assuredly, hang separately.”

• Negotiated the Treaty of Alliance with France

• Delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress

• Negotiated the treaty ending the American

Revolution

• Attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787

Workbook Activity - pg. 25

Directions:

1.) Answer the 2 questions at the top

2.) Label the political cartoon and answer the hypothesizing question.

3.) Answer the questions underneath the political cartoon.

Philosophy of the American Independence
Movement (7)

• The Enlightenment (Age of Reason)

• Emphasized reason and individualism rather than tradition and faith

• Heavy influence on the Founding Fathers

• John Locke

• Late 17th Century philosopher

• Govʼt based on the will of the governed

• Influenced the writing of the D.o.I.

• Natural rights of life, liberty, and property

• republican form of government

• Free people govern themselves through elected representatives

• A society without a king

Philosophy of the American Independence
Movement (7)

• Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

• Pamphlet that attacked the British monarchy and called for

independence from Britain

• Declaration of Independence, 1776

• Formal statement adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress

• Declared the American colonies independent

• Listed grievances of King George III

• Adam Smith

• Endorsed a laissez-faire approach to economics

• 1st to define the system of capitalism

Draw

Take the perspective of a colonist advocating for independence and create a political cartoon or advertisement that would convince other colonists to join the cause! Include at least 2 topics/issues covered in class in your creation.