Immersion-the+America+Revolution+(Part+2)+Independence

=Key Terms & People=

Using the resources listed below, write a definition for each of the following terms or people listed in your //**Social Studies Only**// notebook/binder. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__


 * Thomas Paine & Common Sense
 * Prohibitory Acts
 * “e pluribus unum”
 * Declaration of Independence
 * Thomas Jefferson
 * July 4th 1776

=**Main Ideas**=


 * Answer the following questions in your** //Social Studies Only// **notebook/binder. The answers may be written as a complete paragraph, as a list, or as a picture/diagram. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__**


 * 1) Describe the significance of Thomas Paine & his pamphlet Common Sense in influencing American colonists to declare their independence from Great Britain.
 * 2) Identify the main ideas argued by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
 * 3) Explain why certain groups are unrepresented in the Declaration of Independence?
 * 4) List the advantages and disadvantages of the American colonists declaring independence from Britain? (Opinion - 5 minimum)

=Resources=


 * [|Holt Ch 4 Sec.2 Declaring Independence]
 * [[file:The Readable Declaration of Independence.pdf]]
 * [|Declaration of Independence] at the National Archives website
 * [[file:CommonSense-Excerpts.pdf]]

**Video Resources**
- Click on the Hippocampus icon below. It will take you to our Hippocampus class page. - Find the video(s) listed below on the left side of the screen under "BOOKMARKS"
 * Instructions**


 * The Great Declaration

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 * Adams, Jefferson and Franklin drafting the Declaration of Independence**

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 * Voting on Declaring Independence**

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