WARM-UP
Read the quotation from Common Sense, and
then answer the question
What is the message of the quotation?
Becoming independent isn't necessary for the
colonists to do
Independence is something the colonists will
never achieve
The colonists will not feel right or well until
they declare independence.
DONE
Until an independence is declared, the
Continent will feel itself like a man who
continues putting off some unpleasant
business from day to day, yet knows it must
be done, hates to set about it, wishes it over,
and is continually haunted with the thoughts
of its necessity. .
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

Read the excerpt from jefferson’s inaugural address. “with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? still one thing more, fellow citizens—a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.” which identifies a presidential action taken by jefferson that reflects his attempt to realize the goals expressed in the excerpt? a. changing the tax system to reduce the size of government b. purchasing the louisiana territory from france c. creating a national prison system to incarcerate criminals d. improving social programs to feed the poor