What grievance in the Declaration of Independence addresses the issue of taxation without representation?

Imposing taxes without the consent of the governed

Depriving the colonists of trial by jury

Dissolving colonial legislatures

Which grievance in the Declaration of Independence refers to the dissolution of colonial legislatures?

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly

According to the Declaration of Independence, which grievance relates to the king's refusal to pass important laws?

He has refused his Assent to Laws

He has altered fundamental rights

He has ignored petitions for redress

Which specific grievance in the Declaration of Independence accuses the king of maintaining a standing army in peacetime?

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our legislatures

He has established trade blockades

He has sent mercenaries to suppress uprisings

What grievance in the Declaration of Independence highlights the lack of fair trials for colonists?

He has denied the colonists the benefits of trial by jury

He has forced them to house soldiers

He has increased taxes on goods

He has restricted their trade with foreign nations

Which grievance in the Declaration of Independence addresses the violation of the colonists' legislative powers?

He has suspended our own Legislatures

He has refused imports from Britain

He has neglected the colonies' needs

He has imposed unjust punishments

Which grievance in the Declaration of Independence accuses the king of sending troops to the colonies during times of peace?

He has kept among us Standing Armies in times of peace

He has interfered with trade agreements

He has enforced curfews without consent

Which grievance in the Declaration of Independence relates to the king's interference in colonial governance?

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice

He has elevated taxes on printed materials

He has imposed restrictions on representation

What grievance in the Declaration of Independence criticizes the king for not allowing colonists to trade freely?

He has cut off our Trade with all parts of the world

He has enforced strict immigration laws

Which grievance in the Declaration of Independence accuses the king of infringing upon the colonists' rights to self-government?

He has refused to allow the colonists to govern themselves

He has mandated public education

He has banned religious practices

He has raised the legal drinking age

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TEKS Social Studies Grade 8 - 8.15.C: Identify Colonial Grievances In The Declaration Of Independence & Explain How They Were Addressed

Write question 2. Early British Actions in the Colonies In 1760, near the end of the Seven Years’ War, a new British king, George III, began his reign. During his 59-year rule, he resisted revolutionary and Napoleonic France. However, George appointed advisors to manage his more distant foreign affairs in North America. These advisors knew very little about the day-to-day lives of colonists and were soon taking actions that enraged many of them. The Proclamation of 1763 The British government faced many problems after the Seven Years’ War. One was how to protect colonists and their land claims as they pushed westward into areas settled by Indigenous groups. In his Proclamation of 1763, George III said to simply draw a line down the crest of the Appalachian Mountains and order colonists not to settle past the boundary. To colonists whose fortunes were founded on Indigenous land, the king’s order suggested tyranny, or the unjust use of government power. They argued that White colonists had already claimed most of the land east of the Appalachians and that farmers had to move west to find land. Besides, colonists and land investors had already crossed the mountains into Indigenous territory. The British government ignored colonists’ arguments. To control the frontier, it sent an additional 7,500 soldiers to the colonies. The Proclamation of 1763 would later be cited as a grievance in the Declaration of Independence. The Stamp Act The British government had other problems besides stopping colonists from encroaching on Indigenous land. Another dilemma was how to pay off the large debt from the Seven Years’ War. The solution seemed obvious to Prime Minister George Grenville, the leader of the British government. People in Great Britain were already paying taxes on everything from windows to salt. In contrast, American colonists were among the most lightly taxed people in the British Empire. It was time, said Grenville, for them to pay their fair share of the cost of Britain protecting colonists and their interests. In 1765, Grenville proposed a new act, or law, called the Stamp Act, which required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used. Newspapers, wills, licenses, and even playing cards had to be printed on stamped paper. Again, the colonists sensed tyranny. One newspaper, The Pennsylvania Journal, said that as soon as “this shocking Act was known, it filled all British America from one End to the other, with Astonishment and Grief.” It was not just the idea of higher taxes that upset the colonists. They were willing to pay taxes passed by their own assemblies, in which their representatives could vote on them. However, because the colonists had no representatives in Parliament, they saw the Stamp Act as a violation of their rights as British subjects. For this reason, they argued Parliament had no right to tax them. “No taxation without representation!” they declared. Loyalists simply refused to buy stamps, while other colonists protested the Stamp Act by sending messages to Parliament. Patriots took more aggressive action. Protesters calling themselves the Sons of Liberty organized in 1765 and began attacking tax collectors’ homes. In Connecticut, they even started to bury one tax collector alive. Only when he heard dirt being shoveled onto his coffin did the terrified tax collector agree to resign from his post. After months of protest, Parliament repealed, or canceled, the Stamp Act. Colonists greeted the news with great celebration. Church bells rang, bands played, and everyone hoped the troubles with Great Britain were over. The Quartering Act As anger over the Stamp Act began to fade, Parliament passed another controversial law in 1765. The Quartering Act ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with quarters, or housing. The colonists were also told to furnish the soldiers with “candles, firing, bedding, cooking utensils, salt, vinegar, and . . . beer or cider.” Providing these things for British soldiers cost money. New Jersey protested that the new law was “as much an Act for laying taxes” on the colonists as the Stamp Act. New Yorkers asked why they should pay to keep troops in their colony during peacetime. In 1767, the New York assembly decided not to approve any funds for supplies for the British troops, forcing them to remain on their ships. In retaliation, the British government suspended New York’s assembly until it agreed to obey the Quartering Act. Once again, tempers began to rise on both sides of the Atlantic.

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