SS.7.C.1.3 - Describe how English policies and responses to colonial concerns led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence. |
Vocabulary
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Assent
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To give one’s approval; agree to something
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Oppression
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Cruel or unjust use of authority or power
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Self-Evident
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Obvious
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Tyranny
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Harsh, cruel, and severe government or conduct
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Duty
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A tax
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Rule of Law
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No one is above the law. Everyone must follow the law.
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Taxation without Representation
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Colonists did not have a vote in English Parliament
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Abolish
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To remove
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Sovereignty
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To have power over
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Parliament
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The English legislature
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7. Which documents addressed colonial concerns about English policies?
Declaration of Independence
Mayflower Compact
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
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The diagram below describes a cause that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
8. Which action completes the diagram?
Colonial agriculture trade increases.
Colonial religious devotion increases.
Colonial demand for political change increases.
Colonial demand for military assistance increases.
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9. Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act, which taxed goods such as newspapers and playing cards?
The colonists established a blockade against British goods.
The colonists were able to produce their own goods.
The colonists started destroying British goods.
The colonists began boycotting British goods.
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Application Activity
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SS.7.C.1.4 - Analyze the ideas (natural rights, role of the government) and complaints set forth in the Declaration of Independence. |
Vocabulary
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Debt from the French and Indian War
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England owed money from assisting the colonies in the French and Indian war and began demanding that the colonies help pay it back in the form of taxes
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Road to the American Revolution
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Taxation without representation, no trial by jury, limiting judicial power, quartering soldiers, dissolving legislatures
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Declaration of Independence
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Natural rights – unalienable rights (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness)
Role of Government – consent of the governed, people may abolish the government
Complaints (see Road to the American Revolution)
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Self-Evident
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Obvious
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Unalienable
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Cannot take away
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The passage below is from a historical document.
10. Which document contains this passage?
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
English Bill of Rights
U.S. Constitution
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The passage below was written by Thomas Paine in his 1776 book, Common Sense.
11. Based on this passage, with which complaint against the king from the Declaration of Independence would Thomas Paine agree?
Persecuting immigrant groups
Taking away religious rights
Taking away political rights
Persecuting racial groups
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12. What is one way that the ideas stated in the Declaration of Independence are evident today?
Equal employment opportunities
Voting rights amendments
Selective service
Term limits
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Application Activity
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