Declaration of Independence

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The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that

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detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.

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What is the connection between natural rights and government?

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government is meant to protect rights

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What did the Colonists do after the Stamp Act?

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Boycott British goods

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What are unalienable rights?

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Rights that government cannot take away

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Forced colonists to give shelter (house) to British soldiers

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Quartering Act

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What are the three inalienable rights that all people have? Options: Food, Shelter, and Clothing; Life, Liberty and Death; Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

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According to the Declaration, what causes a government to be just? Options: powerful institutions, a Bill of Rights, ease of altering, Consent of the people being governed

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Consent of the people being governed

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What two acts did the British Parliament make that put very high taxes on paper and sugar?

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Stamp Act and Sugar Act

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Which came first? Options: the beginning of the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence

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the beginning of the American Revolution

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From whom did the signers of the Declaration of Independence receive their authority to declare independence?

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From the people of the American colonies.