Topic: American Revolution EQ: Does the Cascadia Independence Movement align with Jefferson’s arguments for independence?

After reading “Key Quotes of Jefferson’s Arguments to Secede in the Declaration of Independence,” compete this sentence, being as specific and thorough as possible. Keep your response to one sentence, even if it’s a long sentence (semicolons ok, if necessary):

Paragraph Sentence 1: In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson argues that one nation can secede from another when the mother nation…

Notes: There are several parts of the United States where secession is discussed today, including Cascadia, which is the combination of parts of , , , , Canada’s , and . You will evaluate the reasoning of each movement to determine whether Cascadia’s secession movement aligns with Jefferson’s arguments.

This movement doesn’t yet have a document unifying its beliefs like the Declaration of Independence did for the colonies. You will have to read closely and sometimes between the lines to understand what each movement is saying and why.

Cascadia’s Independence Movement Note that in the readings, key elements of the Pro-Cascadia Movement are in bold underline and definitions of terms and phrases are in italics underline. Source Rationale for Secession (breaking-off) “The Place They Call Cascadia” film Reading #1

Reading #2

Reading #3

Paragraph sentence 2: The Cascadia independence movement appears (circle one: to OR not to) align with Jefferson’s arguments.

What is the Cascadia movement focused on that made you say what you did for sentence 2? Paragraph sentence 3: This movement focuses on “focus 1,” “focus 2,” and “focus 3.”

Focus 1 Focus 2 Focus 3

Which part of Jefferon’s arguments do these foci (plural of focus) align or not align with? In other words, would Jefferson be pro-Cascadia or anti-Cascadia from what he says in the Declaration? Paragraph sentence 4 (or 4, 5, and 6): These foci (circle one: align well OR do not align well) with Jefferson’s statements because…