Get a textbook, silently read pages 78-81
After you have finished reading define the following terms:
1. First Continental Congress
2. Battle of Lexington
3. Second Continental Congress
Answer question 4 on page 81
Silently read pages 83-85
After you have finished reading answer the following questions:
1. Who is Thomas Paine?
2. Why did Paine title his book Common Sense?
3. What was the Declaration of Independence intended to do?
4. Identify the two sides and each sides stance in regard to the Declaration of Independence.
5. What are the 3 main ideas in the Declaration of Independence?
Using pages 86-87 complete the half sheet handout
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