Declaring INdependence

LEARNING GOAL:
Give examples of the way Britain violated the natural rights of the colonists.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
What events and actions led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain?

No Taxation Without Representation

• Navigation Acts
• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts

Violence leads to War

• Boston Massacr
• Lexington & Concord
• Bunker Hil

The Declaration

• Common Sense
• Continental Congress
• Declaration of Independence - An essay in four parts, by Thomas Jefferson