The Colonial Period and Uniting for Independence

The Colonial PeriodandUniting for Independence2.1 and 2.2Limited government power of the monarch not absolute

Representative government government where people elect delegates to create and enforce lawsHow are we like the English?

But I dont wanna be a pirate!!!!Magna Carta 1215, signed by King John, stating that the king does not have all the power What does that sound like????English Bill of Rights 1688, signed by William and Mary, stating the specific powers of the monarch and establishing Parliaments powersAnd this one sounds like???How else?

How did he influence our Founding Fathers?Natural rights:Life LibertyPropertySocial contract if you do not like the agreement made with your government, you are allowed to break it!!!!

1754-1763 French and Indian WarEngland v. French and IndiansResults:England won, but lost lots of moneyTherefore, they taxed the American colonists

Colonists not happy because:NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!!What England did to make us angry!!!!Stamp Act 1765, England imposed a direct tax on legal documents, pamphlets, newspapers, etc.Reaction???Colonists complained Stamp Act repealedBUTAnother tax replaced it.

Angry citizens = Boston Tea Party (1773) = nobody likes EnglandTaxes, beautiful, taxes

We try to unite as a country:Albany Plan of Union (didnt work, sorry Ben)First Continental Congress (1774)Imposed an embargo, or an agreement to prohibited trade, with EnglandApril 19, 1775 Lexington and Concord, the shot heard round the worldSecond Continental Congress (1775)Assumed power as a central governmentJohn Hancock = President, George Washington = commander of the Continental ArmyDeclared war against EnglandWhat do we do??!?!?!

Common Sense, a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, influenced colonists to go against King George III

Samuel Adams: Is not America already independent? Why not then declare it?

HmmIndependence MovementWho: Thomas JeffersonWhat: document officially declaring America an independent state from EnglandWhere: PhiladelphiaWhen: July 4, 1776Why: we wanted to be free of England due to its taxation without representation along with its inferior treatment of the coloniesDeclaration of Independence