British Actions
True or False: British soldiers needed a warrant and probable cause to search the colonists homes.
False
True or False: The Boston Massacre was in response to the Boston Tea Party
False (The Boston Massacre was a few years earlier)
Another word for "grievance"
Complaint, concern, problem, beef, etc.
What does the word UNALIENABLE mean in this quote: "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."
Rights that cannot be given up or taken away
This word means permission to do something
consent
Britain began taxing the colonies because it was in so much debt after this war.
The French and Indian War
Angry colonists threw 342 chests of tea into the ocean at this December 1773 event
The Boston Tea Party
The 3rd section of the Declaration was a long list of these
grievances or complaints
People are given unalienable natural rights from ______.
God, their Creator, nature, or birth
This word means an action or plan taken by the government
policy
This tax required American colonists to pay for a stamp to put on every official piece of paper.
The Stamp Act
The colonists argued that taxes passed by Parliament were unfair because the colonists did not have ____________ in the British ______________
representatives/ parliament
One complaint was that the British were forcing colonists to provide food and shelter to British soldiers. What is this called?
quartering
Based on Locke's idea of social contract, what is the main reason people create governments?
To protect the people's natural rights
This word means to force something on someone
impose
As part of the Intolerable Acts, colonists accused of a crime could be sent to _______ for their trials.
England
What word means refusal to buy a good or service as a way to protest
Boycott
When the colonists complained that the king was dissolving their legislatures, what did they mean?
Closing their lawmaking assemblies/ shutting down their governments
If governments do not protect the people's natural rights, what can (and should) the people do?
Alter or abolish the government (change or replace the government)
What word means easy to see/ obvious
self-evident
This treaty from the French and Indian War prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachain Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
What did the British Parliament do in response to the Boston Tea Party?
Passed the Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
Who is "He" in this quote:
"He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people."
The King of England
The introduction to the Declaration of Independence is called the ______________
Preamble
What does the word endowed mean in this quote from the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their creater with certin unalienable rights
endowed