Vocab
To argue or discuss in a formal polite manner
What did John Adams call the petition sent to King George asking him to end the quarrel between colonist and British?
According to the Declaration of Independence what is the role of the government?
To protect the natural rights of citizens
Formal written request that is signed by a group of people
In this battle Israel Putnam ordered his men, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
The government's power to rule comes from ________ according to the Declaration of Independence?
“the consent of the governed.”
or
Citizens
the fact or state of self government or self rule
“a mixed multitude of people . . . under very little discipline, order, or government.” described which army?
Name one of the 3 arguments from Thomas Paine's Common Sense
1. American trade had suffered under British control.
2. Americans had also been hurt by being dragged into Great Britain’s European wars.
3. America could be a vision of an independent and a homeland of liberty.
Townsend Acts
Quartering Act
If a government fails to protect people’s fundamental rights, what can the people do?
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation
What did Paine’s arguments helped persuade colonists to do?
Call for Independence
Violating the “sacred rights of life and liberty of a distant people by carrying them into slavery.”
How does Ms. Taylor describe the Declaration of Independence?
A break up letter from the colonists to the British
Rights that people supposedly have under natural law. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
What does “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one group of people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another" mean?
It is necessary for one group of people to break its ties with another group