Declaring independence

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Declaring Independence (The Impulsion of the American Revolution and Subsequent Calls of Protest) By Katelin Murph

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  • 1. Declaring Independence (The Impulsion of the American Revolution and Subsequent Calls of Protest) By Katelin Murphy

2. Voices of protests Boston Tea Party Violence for speaking out Boston Massacre 3. "Revolutionary Tea" There was a rich lady lived over the sea, And she was an island queen. Her daughter lived off on the new country, With an ocean if water between, With an ocean if water between. Now mother dear mother," the daughter replied, "I shan't do the thing you ax. I'm willing to pay a fair price for the tea, But never the three-penny tax. But never the three-penny tax." "Oh, mother, dear mother," quoth she, "Your tea you may have when 'tis steep'd quite enough But never a tax from me, But never a tax from me." 4. for no man, or society of men, having a power to deliver up their preservation, or consequently the means of it, to the absolute will and arbitrary dominion of another; whenever any one shall go about to bring them into such a slavish condition, they will always have a right to preserve what they have not a power to part with; and to rid themselves of those who invade this fundamental, sacred, and unalterable law of self-preservation, for which they entered into society. And thus the community may be said in this respect to be always the supreme power John Locke, Second Treatise, 149 5. Government is a necessary evil Seek complete independence rather than fight unfair taxation by Britain -Thomas Paine 6. Voltaires Influences All men are created equal -Declaration of Independence Belief in religion and freedom from government influenced -1st Amendment to the Constitution 7. The Founding Fathers, through the hand of Thomas Jefferson, and the ideas of Locke, Paine, and Voltaire, created a document that set forth the basis for the English colonies Declaration of Independence. 8. No taxation without representation Give me liberty or give me death - Patrick Henry We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately - Benjamin Franklin 9. The original American protest gave birth to movements across the country and around the world - 10. Protests worldwide 11. Videos http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea- party/videos/revolutions-lasting- legacy?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false Revolutions Lasting Legacy American Revolution: One Word Lessons of the Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zicUZ0lRfU Protest in America A Tradition 12. Work Cited Slide 1: tomohalloran.com Slide 2: kids.aol.com, commons.Wikimedia.org Slide 3: www.fotosearch.com Slide 4: fr.Wikipedia.org Slide 5: americanrevolutionperiod1.wikispaces.com Slide 6: bloggdoteosoista.blogspot.com Slide 7: globalpatriot.com Slide 8: bayridgejournal.blogspot.com, blankenburg2012.wiispacescom Slide 9: art200cuestacolege.wordpress.com, womensliberationnsbhs.wikidot.com Slide 10: dantejada.blogspot.com themagillreview.wordpress.com thyblackman.com, www.gennarocaroltento.it Slide 11: wolfpack-party.wikispaces.com, www.flickr.com, blastfrompast.wikispaces.com Slide 12: www.boomerslife.com, www.nyu.edu, www.newclearvisioncom Slide 13: www.leftcom.org, www.flickr.com