16 questions
What did the Colonists do after the Stamp Act?
Boycott British goods
Made their own goods
Decided they didn't need goods
Stopped paying all of their taxes
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that government cannot take away
Rights that government takes away
rights for aliens
Government is needed to promote equality
Forced colonists to give shelter (house) to British soldiers
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
Housing Act
The colonial theory of government
The colonial theory of government
Grievances of the colonists against Britain
False rumors spread by colonial newspapers
The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?
Love Letter
Treaty
Break-up letter
Constitution
What is the purpose of the following lines from the declaration?
"He has dissolved our legislative assemblies"
“ He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies ” “For imposing taxes on us without consent”
“ For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury”
To justify independence by giving examples of complaints about rights violated by King George and the British government
To give examples of complaints against the American government, asking King George III to fix them
To request that the king protect certain rights and complain about rights that colonists didn't have
Why were the colonists being taxed so heavily?
To pay for the French and Indian War
Because the King felt like it
Because they wanted a revolution
They owed a lot of money to China
An effect of the French and Indian War
Quartering Act
Colonists taxed to pay for the war
Boycott of imported goods
Boston Tea Party