Wednesday, September 16 - Period 3 Lesson 3

• Following Lexington and Concord, 12 of the 13 colonies reconvened

• Wrote the Olive Branch petition seeking one last attempt at reconciliation with the British government

• Served as the colonial government during the revolution.

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Second Continental Congress

Cause and Effect Practice

You will explain how the event on the left contributed to the event on the right.

I do, we do, you do.

Philosophy of the American Independence
Movement (7)

• Benjamin Franklin

• Committee of Five to draft the Declaration of

Independence

• “We must all hang together, or we will most

assuredly, hang separately.”

• Negotiated the Treaty of Alliance with France

• Delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress

• Negotiated the treaty ending the American

Revolution

• Attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787

Directions:

1.) Answer the 2 questions at the top

2.) Label the political cartoon and answer the hypothesizing question.

3.) Answer the questions underneath the political cartoon.

Philosophy of the American Independence
Movement (7)

• The Enlightenment (Age of Reason)

• Emphasized reason and individualism rather than tradition and faith

• Heavy influence on the Founding Fathers

• John Locke

• Late 17th Century philosopher

• Govʼt based on the will of the governed

• Influenced the writing of the D.o.I.

• Natural rights of life, liberty, and property

• republican form of government

• Free people govern themselves through elected representatives

• A society without a king

Philosophy of the American Independence
Movement (7)

• Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

• Pamphlet that attacked the British monarchy and called for

independence from Britain

• Declaration of Independence, 1776

• Formal statement adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress

• Declared the American colonies independent

• Listed grievances of King George III

• Adam Smith

• Endorsed a laissez-faire approach to economics

• 1st to define the system of capitalism