Declaring Independence Or How Nice Folks Finally Decided to Fight.
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Transcript of Declaring Independence Or How Nice Folks Finally Decided to Fight.
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Declaring Independence
Or How Nice Folks Finally Decided to Fight
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• In 1775, the First Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III
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• But the Congress also ordered an attack on British troops in Quebec• Hoping the French in Quebec would join
the colonists
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• King George was angry• He did not even look at the Olive
Branch Petition
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• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was also convincing the colonists to fight for independence
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• It was decided that the time had come for independence• The Declaration of Independence was
issued on July 4, 1776 by the Second Continental Congress
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• The first part of the Declaration of Independence is the Preamble
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• The second part states the rights of the people and the responsibilities of government to protect the people’s natural rights
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• The third part list the colonists’ complaints or grievances against the British
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The fourth part states that the colonies are free and independent states
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• The British captured New York and used it as their headquarters during the war
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• General Washington sent Nathan Hale to spy on the British in New York• He was captured and hanged
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• Nathan Hale said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”• Nathan Hale was a great patriot
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•Washington then moved his troops to White Plains• The British attacked•Washington had to move his troops
again
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• Thomas Paine wrote, “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer solider and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”
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•Washington then crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Day• He attacked Hessians or German
soldiers in Trenton • Hessians were employed by the
British• He was victorious
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• The greatest American advantage was passion for liberty and freedom
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• The passion for consent of the governed