Tuesday, Nov. 7

1. Get out your spiral and put your binder on the floor

2. Update Table of ContentsDate Title Entry #11/5 Olive Branch Petition v. Common Sense 5011/7 Ch. 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence 51

3. Get out your Electoral College Map

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Olive Branch Petition v. Common Sense Use History Alive page 110

I. After the battles at Lexington and Concord and the British retreat from back to Boston, there were many more battles, and most yet few colonists began to cry for independence.

II. Make a Venn Diagram: Record at least one similarity and at least three differences between the Olive Branch Petition and Common Sense

Olive Branch Petition Common Sense

Givesolutions to

the problemsbetween

Great Britainand the

colonies.

Olive Branch Petition Common Sense

Givesolutions to

the problemsbetween

Great Britainand the

colonies.

* Written to King George.

*Colonists ask foran end to thequarrels andhope for peace.

*King Georgerejects it andcalls coloniststraitors.

Olive Branch Petition Common Sense

Givesolutions to

the problemsbetween

Great Britainand the

colonies.

* Written to King George.

*Colonists ask foran end to thequarrels andhope for peace.

*King Georgerejects it andcalls coloniststraitors.

*Written tocolonists.

*Claims GreatBritain has hurtthe colonists.

*Thousands ofcolonists arepersuaded todeclare independence.

Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence

A. CategorizingPolitical Actions Outcomes

1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775)

Chose George Washington as military commanderAuthorized printing of paper money

Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring IndependenceA. Categorizing

Political Actions Outcomes

1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775)2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775)

Military Actions Outcomes

3. Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga(May 1775)

Americans captured the fort and its cannons and large guns

Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring Independence

A. CategorizingPolitical Actions Outcomes

1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775)2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775)

King George rejected the petition (blockaded entire colonies, sent German mercenaries called Hessians)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAIk6ydRwg

Battle of Bunker Hill

Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring IndependenceA. Categorizing

Political Actions Outcomes

1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775)2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775)

Military Actions Outcomes

3. Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga(May 1775)4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775)

British won but suffered huge causalities. Moral victory for the Americans

Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring IndependenceA. Categorizing

Political Actions Outcomes

1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775)2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775)

Military Actions Outcomes

3. Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga(May 1775)4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775)5. Continental Army invades Quebec (Nov. 1775)

Continental Army was defeated

Chapter 6/Section 4: Declaring IndependenceA. Categorizing

Political Actions Outcomes

1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775)2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775)

Military Actions Outcomes

3. Americans attack Fort Ticonderoga(May 1775)4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775)5. Continental Army invades Quebec (Nov. 1775)6. Continental Army surrounds British forces in Boston (Jan. 1776)

Continental Army’s show of strength causes British soldiers and Loyalists to leave Boston

Common Sensehttp://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=12303

Common Sense

Who:*Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England.*He was asked to write an essay urging independence

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Common Sense

Who:*Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England.*He was asked to write an essay urging independence

When:*Common Sense was written in Jan. 1776

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Common Sense

Who:*Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England.*He was asked to write an essay urging independence

Why:* Parliament didn’t have the right to make laws for the colonies.*Kings are corrupt*Economically, we could survive w/out England

When:*Common Sense was written in Jan. 1776

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Common Sense

Who:*Thomas Paine was an immigrant from England.*He was asked to write an essay urging independence

Why:* Parliament didn’t have the right to make laws for the colonies.*Kings are corrupt*Economically, we could survive w/out England

When:*Common Sense was written in Jan. 1776

Significance:This pamphlet sold many colonists on the idea of independence.

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