Vocab
to force colonists to house soldiers in their own homes
quartering
This costly war forced Britain to implement a policy of heavy taxes on the colonies
French and Indian War
True of False: The Continental Congress always wanted to declare independence.
FALSE
Which complaint against King George III is stated in the Declaration of Independence?
A) He had quartered his troops among the colonists
B) He had forced the colonists to accept the practice of slavery
C) He had required the colonists to trade with French merchants
D) He had failed to defend the colonists in the French and Indian War.
A
These 3 guys made up the Declaration Committee
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin
to tax without the consent of the colonists
taxation without representation
This act was the first one the British enforced and it led to the colonists boycotting the goods and attacking the colonists
Stamp Act
This was a list of complaints that were sent to the king in an effort to ask the King to fix their issues
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Which grievances contributed to the American colonists' desire for independence?
A) British policies made frontier lands too expensive
B) the King had denied the colonists their freedom of religion
C) the British government was too generous to the Indian tribes
D) the British government had taxed the colonists without their consent
D
Tell me one of the standards from this chapter
1.3: Describe how English policies and responses to colonial concerns led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence
1.4: Analyze the ideas (natural rights, role of government) and complaints set forth in the Declaration of Independence
this your rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
natural rights
this was a tax on paper, tea, lead, and paint
Townshend Act
Olive Branch Petition
the right to personal liberty is an example of...
an unalienable right
This act stopped all trade with the colonies in response to receiving the Olive Branch petition
Prohibitory Act
a complaint
grievance
This was the colonial response to the Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
This was the essential argument of Common Sense; Thomas Paine suggested that ... because ...
colonies should be independent because the king was far away
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures"
This is located in this part of the D.O.I.
list of colonial grievances
These are the 5 things the D.O.I. accomplished
Declared independence
Announced a theory of government based on social contract
Listed the grievances with the King
Justified the conduct of the colonists
Announced the USA as an official nation
English author who wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Summarize 4 of the laws from the Intolerable Acts
Boston Harbor closed
MA charter cancelled
Royal officials had court in England
Quartering Act
This document publicized the concept of "natural rights" later found in the D.O.I.
John Locke's explanation of Social Contract
This is the main purpose of the D.O.I.
to protect the unalienable rights of the citizens
Fill in the blanks:
We hold these truths to be ______, that all men are created ____. That they are endowed by their creator with certain _______ rights, that among these are ______, _______, and the _________.
self-evident
equal
unalienable
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness