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    The document summarizes the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. It describes colonists growing unhappy with British rule and taxation without representation. Members of the Continental Congress discuss how the British rule has led to death, poverty and hostility. They decide to vote on a document declaring independence from Britain. Thomas Jefferson then reads from the Declaration of Independence, which states that all men are created equal and declares the 13 colonies independent and absolved from allegiance to the British crown. The presenters conclude that the values of freedom and inclusion in the Declaration of Independence remain important in America today.

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    The document summarizes the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. It describes colonists growing unhappy with British rule and taxation without representation. Members of the Continental Congress discuss how the British rule has led to death, poverty and hostility. They decide to vote on a document declaring independence from Britain. Thomas Jefferson then reads from the Declaration of Independence, which states that all men are created equal and declares the 13 colonies independent and absolved from allegiance to the British crown. The presenters conclude that the values of freedom and inclusion in the Declaration of Independence remain important in America today.

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    4th of July Role Play

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    The document summarizes the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. It describes colonists growing unhappy with British rule and taxation without representation. Members of the Continental Congress discuss how the British rule has led to death, poverty and hostility. They decide to vote on a document declaring independence from Britain. Thomas Jefferson then reads from the Declaration of Independence, which states that all men are created equal and declares the 13 colonies independent and absolved from allegiance to the British crown. The presenters conclude that the values of freedom and inclusion in the Declaration of Independence remain important in America today.

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    PRESENTER 1: ____________

    PRESENTER 2: ____________
    THOMAS JEFFERSON: ____________
    COLONISTS (3): ______________
    CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MEMBERS (3): ____________

    **parade music plays**


    P1: Welcome to IPC news! It’s America’s birthday this week and we ought to celebrate
    it properly: with fireworks, BBQ and lots of parades.
    P2: You are right. The celebration in being held all over the country, people are frantic!
    P1: Let’s learn a little bit more about its real history, shall we?
    P2: Of course, let’s take a look at the following capsule:

    *writing a letter at a desk*


    CM: “This day will be the most memorable in the history of America. It ought to be
    solemnized with pomp and parade, bonfire and illuminations from one end of the
    continent to the other, from this time forward and forever more.”
    *colonists talking to each other*
    C1: One more tax… King George did it again!
    C2: This is so unfair. We don’t have to buy anything British anymore. We are working
    FOR them. All we do is work and all they do is take or money.
    C3: People say King George lost a great deal of money due to buying expensive
    supplies for his army. Of course he needs the money! The worst thing is we don’t even
    have a voice in the British Parliament.
    C1: The Congress needs to speak for us. We need to be independent.
    ALL: No taxation without representation!
    *Congress discussing independence*
    CM1: This is getting out of control. Our men are dying, people are unhappy with the
    British Rule. There is hostility and war. Poverty and despair. We need to vote.
    CM2: Those in favor to have a free nation from the British Rule, please sign this
    document
    CM3: What does the document say? Read it aloud, Thomas
    Thomas:
    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are
    endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
    Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
    We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General
    Congress solemnly publish and declare, that these united Colonies are, and of Right
    ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to
    the British Crown. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the
    protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our
    Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
    CM3: This is our land now
    CM1: Free land
    CM2: United States of America
    **parade music plays**
    P1: The values included in Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence are still
    alive nowadays. America was born free and inclusive, and it shall remain the same
    P2: Thank you for joining us today! This was IPC news and…
    P1/P2: Happy Fourth of July!

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