Kilgore College Colonial Life Colonization & Conflict Questions Discussion Lesson 2: Colonization and Conflict -Read Chapter 2 in the textbook Lesson 3: C

Kilgore College Colonial Life Colonization & Conflict Questions Discussion Lesson 2: Colonization and Conflict
-Read Chapter 2 in the textbook

Lesson 3: Colonial Life
-Read Chapters 3 and 4 in the textbook.

Using this link to the original rough draft of the Declaration and this link to the final draft presented to the Continental Congress, answer the following questions:

1. On what grounds does the document justify the colonists’ demand for political independence? Do you find these reasons persuasive?

2. Some eighty-six alterations were made between Jefferson’s original draft and the version ultimately adopted by the Second Continental Congress. What are the most significant changes? Why do you think Congress made those changes? Did the alterations strengthen or weaken the document?

3. One of the most significant changes involved deletion of Jefferson’s discussion of slavery. What did Jefferson have to say about slavery in the original draft? Why do you think Congress removed this section of the Declaration?

4. Why doesn’t the Declaration refer to the British Parliament and why does it place so much emphasis on the actions of the king?

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