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    The thirteen colonies sought independence from Great Britain in the late eighteenth century. Common Sense written by Thomas Paine and the Declaration of Independence documented the patriots' cause. Students will write a paragraph / historical essay answering the focus question.

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    The thirteen colonies sought independence from Great Britain in the late eighteenth century. Common Sense written by Thomas Paine and the Declaration of Independence documented the patriots' cause. Students will write a paragraph / historical essay answering the focus question.

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    The thirteen colonies sought independence from Great Britain in the late eighteenth century. Common Sense written by Thomas Paine and the Declaration of Independence documented the patriots' cause. Students will write a paragraph / historical essay answering the focus question.

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    NAME:GeorgeApreutesei

    HR:301

    FocusQuestion:
    Background:

    PrewritingNotes
    HowdidthePatriotsjustifytheirseparationfromGreatBritain?
    ThethirteencoloniessoughtindependencefromGreatBritainin
    thelateeighteenthcentury.ArmedconflictoftheAmerican
    RevolutionbeganwiththeBattleofLexingtonandConcordin
    Massachusetts.
    CommonSense
    writtenbyThomasPaineandthe
    DeclarationofIndependence
    writtenprimarilybyThomasJefferson,
    bothwrittenin1776,documentedthePatriotscause.They
    outlinedthereasonsforseekingeconomicandpoliticalfreedom
    fromGreatBritain.

    Instructions:Studentswillwriteaparagraph/historicalessayansweringthefocus
    questionwherebyyousynthesizeinformationgarnered,analyzetheauthorspurpose,
    orcritiquetheeffectivenessofPainespamphlet.
    First,
    composeanintroduction
    sentenceandathesisstatementthatanswersthefocusquestion.
    Second
    ,provide
    threejustificationsbythePatriotsforseparatingfromGreatBritain.
    Third
    ,writea
    conclusionthatsummarizesyourargumentsandevidence.Usethegraphicorganizer
    belowtoselectyoursupportingevidence.

    Introduction:
    UsebackgroundinformationfromhandoutsandpriorknowledgeoftheRevolutionaryPeriod,turn
    thefocusquestionintoacompletestatement.

    PatriotsjustifiedtheirseparationfromGreatBritaininmanyways.Athesisstatement
    isthat
    HisargumentswerespelledoutinCommonSense,afiftypagepamphletthatwas
    publishedonJanuary10,1776.Itwasanimmediatesensation.

    ThreeArgumentsfor
    Separation

    ListPossibleSupporting
    Evidence

    12detailsandquotes

    Reason1:
    GBplundered
    America,burnttownsand
    madepeople'slives
    difficult.

    Hehasplunderedourseas,ravaged
    ourCoasts,burntourtowns,and
    destroyedthelivesofourpeople.

    Evenbrutesdonotdevour
    theiryoung,norsavages
    makewarupontheirfamilies.

    Reason2:
    GBrefusedto
    agreetolawsspecially
    theonesthataregoodfor
    publicwelfare.

    HehasrefusedhisAssenttoLaws,
    themostwholesomeandnecessaryfor
    thepublicgood.

    inAmericathelawisking.

    TeachingDemocracy:HowdidthePatriotsjustifytheirseparationfromGreatBritain?Jasmin
    Brown,AuthorCopyright2012,RegentsoftheUniversityofCalifornia


    NAME:GeorgeApreutesei
    HR:301

    Reason3:
    GBabolished
    Americasmostvaluable
    lawsandchangedthe
    formsofgovernment.

    FortakingawayourCharters,
    abolishingourmostvaluableLaws,
    andalteringfundamentallytheForms
    ofourGovernments

    Inabsolutegovernmentsthe
    Kingislaw.

    Conclusion:
    ThomasPainewrotethepamphlettoexpresshisthoughtsonwhatGB
    wasdoingandhowitwaseffectingAmericaanditspeople.GBplundered
    America,burnttownsandmadepeople'slivesdifficult.GBplunderedAmerica,burnt
    townsandmadepeople'slivesdifficult.GBabolishedAmericasmostvaluablelaws
    andchangedtheformsofgovernment.

    TeachingDemocracy:HowdidthePatriotsjustifytheirseparationfromGreatBritain?Jasmin
    Brown,AuthorCopyright2012,RegentsoftheUniversityofCalifornia

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