1775

Did the colonists have the right to rebel against Great Britain?
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(Armstrong)

Rights of Englishmen
Traditional rights of all English &
British subjects achieved through various stages of English history

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Magna Carta

P. S. A.
Primary Source Analysis
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Magna Carta (1215)

Identify the rights claimed by nobles against King John in the Magna Carta by translating each one into your own words. Single sentence maximum.
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Magna Carta (1215)

8. A widow does not have to remarry, but if she holds land of the Crown, she must ask for royal consent. 12.No scutage can be passed on the people without their permission. 30.Ones property cannot be taken w/o their permission. 38.A person cannot be charged of a crime w/o evidence. 39.Only other freemen can decide to imprison or punish another freeman. 54.With the exception of the death of the womans husband, a womans word cannot imprison another man.
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Rights of Englishmen
Basic rights of all British subjects
Stage 1 - Magna Carta (1215) Stage 2 - Parliament (1265)

achieved through various stages of English History

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(1265)

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Rights of Englishmen
Basic rights of all British subjects
Stage 1 - Magna Carta (1215) Stage 2 - Parliament (1265) Stage 3 - English Bill of Rights (1689)

achieved through various stages of English History

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English Bill of Rights

P. S. A.
Primary Source Analysis
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(English Bill of Rights)

English Bill of Rights (1689)

Identify the rights attained by Englishmen through the English Bill of Rights by translating each each of the rights into your own words.
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English Bill of Rights (1689)

1. Passing or taking away laws cannot be done w/o Parliaments consent 2. Taxes cannot be passed w/o Parliaments permission 3. Against the law to raise and keep an army during peace time w/o Parliaments consent 4. Protestants have the right to bear lawful arms 5. Voting for members of Parliament is free. 6. Punishment (nes, jail time, etc.) must t the crime.
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Magna Carta (1215) & English Bill of Rights (1689)

Signicance: 1. Govt is based on a contract 2. Power of a ruler is limited 3. No one is above the law
(Hart 52)
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British Perspective

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British Perspective

Identify Great Britains arguments/reasoning for placing taxes and soldiers in the colonies.
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How do I protect the American colonists and simultaneously get our nation out of debt?

Prime Minister George Grenville

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Proclamation Line of 1763

No settlers are allowed to move onto lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Source: http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/temple/images/procline.jpg

(Hart 66)

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Sources
(Hart 66) (Grenvilles Dilemma)

British Perspective
(The Declaratory Act) (British Refutation)

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Why is Great Britain justied in placing soldiers and taxes on colonists living in America?

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Gen. George Washington

Parliaments authority does NOT extend to the 13 colonies!

AMERICAN HERO or FOREIGN TERRORIST

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While reading "Government in the Colonies" (Hart 38), take research notes in your Social Studies notebook that supports the following position, "Parliament's authority does NOT extend to the 13 colonies.
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Parliament has no authority in the [Hart 38] 13 colonies

Because the colonies were so far away from

to make their own laws govern them

England...they needed to be able to make their own laws.

Colonists elected members to a general assembly Colonists vote for their own representatives to
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"Because the colonies were so far away from England, they needed to be able to make their own laws and keep peace and order."
(Hart 38)
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A nalysis
Parliaments authority doesnt count in the
colonies b/c the colonies were too far away to be rightfully governed by Parliament. The colonies are self-governed and they elect their own representatives and make their own laws through their own assemblies, not through Parliament.

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...since the settlement would not be made in the agreed-upon Virginia territory, they [strangers] would use their own liberty; for none had power to command them...." (Bradford 1898).

Thursday, September 12, 13Source:

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/pilgrims/signing-mayower-compact.jpg

Mayower Compact

P. S. A.
Primary Source Analysis
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Mayower Compact
Why did the Pilgrims have to create the Mayower Compact?

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Why did the Pilgrims need to create a General Court?

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A nalysis
Source: (The Arrival of the Pilgrims) What details from the story of the Pilgrims
and the outcome of their signing of the Mayower Compact can be used to support the following statement,

Parliaments authority does not extend to the 13 colonies

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Self-Government
(Hart 39 - 46)
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Heading: Salutary Neglect [Gaudet] Research: Facts, details, direct quotes

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While reading "Salutary Neglect" (Gaudet), take research notes in your Social Studies notebook that supports the following position,

"Parliament's authority does NOT extend to the 13 colonies.

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Salutary Neglect

[Gaudet]

British policy for governing America from 1607 1763 in which Parliament rarely tried to enforce laws in the colonies government or culture.

Colonists do not feel the inuence of British Colonists develop an independent American
identity and the idea of self-governance
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Would you be the same person you are today if your parents had practiced Salutary Neglect in raising you from Kindergarten to 8th grade?

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Gen. George Washington

My rights as an Englishman were being violated! No taxation w/o representation!

AMERICAN HERO or FOREIGN TERRORIST

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Heading: No taxation without representation

Hart 42 Hart 52 Hart 67

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James the Duke of York 1664 (Hart 42)

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I alone will pass the laws and decide what taxes New Yorkers shall pay!

James the Duke of York 1664 (Hart 42)

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Elected Assembly
James Duke of York

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No taxation without representation

(Hart 42) Can we use the historical events surrounding the Duke of York to support Washingtons justication for rebellion?

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Heading: No taxation without representation (Hart 52) Research: Facts, details, direct quotes

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No taxation without representation [Hart 52]

...the power to make laws and impose taxes

their laws and set their taxes. all English citizens

belonged to the peoples elected representatives and to no one else.

Colonists wanted to choose the people who made The right to choose elected ofcials was a right of
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Heading: No taxation without representation (Hart 67) Research: Facts, details, direct quotes

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No taxation without representation [Hart 67]

[Colonists] were willing to pay taxes passed by

their own assemblies, where their representatives could vote on them.

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Gen. George Washington

Resolved: George Washington was justied in his rebellious actions against Great Britain.
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Resolved: George Washington was justied in his rebellious actions against Great Britain. Objective: Identify the REASONS and EVIDENCE you will use to argue George Washingtons innocence. REASON #1 EVIDENCE REASON #2 EVIDENCE REASON #3 EVIDENCE

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