SS.7.C.1.3 Describe how English policies and responses to colonial concerns led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence

1. Students will trace the causal relationships between English/British policies, English responses to colonial grievances, and the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
2. Students will recognize the underlying themes of English colonial policies concerning taxation, representation, and individual rights that formed the basis of the American colonists’ desire for independence.
   

Link to painting by Paul Revere-the "Bloody Massacre"
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661777/ 
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/colonies.pdf - map of the 13 original colonies

Civics Content Vocabulary
 duty
a tax
export
goods sent to another country
goods
merchandise or objects for sale or trade
import
goods brought into the country
individual rights
rights guaranteed or belonging to a person
legislature
governing body responsible for making laws
levy
to collect by legal authority
oppression
the use of authority or power in a cruel or unjust manner
Parliament
the English legislature
representation
a person or group acting on behalf of another person or group
tax
money charged by a government for specific facilities or services
taxation without representation
the idea that it is unfair to tax someone without giving them a voice in government

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfhbc9b3w1U

Dr. Terri Susan Fine, content specialist for the Florida Joint Center for Citizenship, focuses on how the events of 1763-1765, the Intolerable Acts, the Townshend Acts, Tea Act, the Stamp Act cartoon and Thomas Paine's Common Sense impacted the colonists' end to British control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfRaWAtBVg

"Too Late To Apologize: a Declaration" is Soomo's first satirical video project and is part of our ongoing effort to facilitate learning in creative, innovative ways.