Declaration of Independence & Gettysburg Address

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When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,

• Out of respect to all people, they should explain the reasons that led them to separate from the other nation.

• Throughout human history, there are times when one group of people must break ties with another group of people.

• The goal is to become equal in power to the other nations, as natural law and God intended.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them,

• Out of respect to all people, they should explain the reasons that led them to separate from the other nation.

• Throughout human history, there are times when one group of people must break ties with another group of people.

• The goal is to become equal in power to the other nations, as natural law and God intended.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

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a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

• Out of respect to all people, they should explain the reasons that led them to separate from the other nation.

• Throughout human history, there are times when one group of people must break ties with another group of people.

• The goal is to become equal in power to the other nations, as natural law and God intended.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

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We hold these truths to be self-evident,

• That these privileges include the rights to live freely, and to look for what makes us happy

• We believe that some things are clearly and obviously true

• That people have been granted by God certain privileges that can't be taken away

• That everyone is created the same

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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that all men are created equal,

• That these privileges include the rights to live freely, and to look for what makes us happy

• We believe that some things are clearly and obviously true

• That people have been granted by God certain privileges that can't be taken away

• That everyone is created the same

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,

• That these privileges include the rights to live freely, and to look for what makes us happy

• We believe that some things are clearly and obviously true

• That people have been granted by God certain privileges that can't be taken away

• That everyone is created the same

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

• That these privileges include the rights to live freely, and to look for what makes us happy

• We believe that some things are clearly and obviously true

• That people have been granted by God certain privileges that can't be taken away

• That everyone is created the same

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The authors of the Declaration of Independence write that "these truths" are "self-evident." What do the authors mean?

• The truths are NOT obvious.

• The truths are open to reasonable discussion or debate.

• The truths are clearly true, and don't need additional support to be proven.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

What "People" are the writers suggesting have the right to abolish an unjust "Form of Government" in the following sentence?

"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..."

• The British people

• The American colonists

• Anyone who is governed

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

The authors of the Declaration of Independence were writing to all of mankind. Which quote BEST supports this idea?

• "When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..."

• "...a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

• "Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed..."

• "The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations..."

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1