Lesson 4: Colonial Government – Basic Rights and Constitutional Government
Chapter 2: Foundations of the American Political System
Declaration of Independence Tree Map
Declaration of Independence
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Who
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What
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Where
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When
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Why
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Author
American Colonies declared
independence from England
Philadelphia
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Drafted
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Rights of people are based on natural
law
June 11-28,
1776
Thomas Jefferson
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Signers – 56
Representatives from:
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts Bay
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia
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Rights come from God/
nature
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Revised
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Governments have power by
consent of the people
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People have right to abolish
government if destructive
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All men are created equal
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People insisted on the
following rights and
freedoms:
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Signed
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life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
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right to wage war
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right to conclude peace
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make alliances
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establish commerce (trade)
July 2-4,
1776
July 4, 1776
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People have the right to abolish
government that violates natural rights
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British king violated natural rights
because he:
July 4-5, 1776
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refused to approve laws passed by
colonists
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made judges dependent on his will
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Published
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kept armies among people in times of
peace
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Printed
Pennsylvania
Evening Post
July 6, 1776
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quartered soldiers among civilians
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imposed taxes without consent
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deprived colonists of trial by jury
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changed colonial charters and
constitutions
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cut off trade with the rest of the world
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waged war against them
Unit 6: Citizenship in American History and Government