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2. Political / Societal / Economic Order Lord Land Military Service Vassal Vassal Vassal Vassal Place to live and land to farm Portion of the produce Peasant Peasant Peasant

3. Political / Societal / Economic Order Lord • No movement between levels: born, lived and died in the same group • Married into the same social group • Groups were interdependent Vassal Vassal Vassal Vassal Peasant Peasant Peasant

4. Political / Societal / Economic Order The Church Lord Pope “divine right” Vassal Vassal Vassal Vassal Bishop BishopBishopBishop Peasant Peasant Priest Priest Peasant Priest

5. Political / Societal / Economic Order The Military Lord General Vassal Vassal Vassal Vassal Officers Peasant Peasant Soldier Soldier Peasant Soldier

6. Colonial America • America Culture • Less rigid social structure • Primarily self-governed • Fierce, rugged independence • No tangible ties to England • Colonial leaders • Educated and well-read • Intelligent and observant

7. Events • French and Indian War • Stamp Act / Intolerable Acts • Protests • First Continental Congress (1774) • April 19, 1775 – Lexington and Concord • Second Continental Congress (May 10, 1775)

8. John Locke • Orderly society preferred over natural state (anarchy) • Monarchs not working out • Consent of the governed • Limited government

9. Second Continental Congress • Attendees

10. Thomas Jefferson John Adams Samuel Adams Benjamin Franklin Richard Henry Lee John Hancock

11. Second Continental Congress • Attendees • Educated • Political philosophers • Declaration of Independence