1.3 Colonial Concerns & Grievances

1.3 Colonial Concerns & Grievances

What drove the British (English) colonies to declare their independence from King George III?

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Let's go over the "Acts" or policies (laws) that really made the colonists mad and led to their GRIEVANCES >:(

• Stamp Act - 1765

• Quartering Act - 1764

• Declaratory Act 1766

• Tea Act - 1773

Multiple Choice

What document addressed colonial concerns about English policies?

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

What were the three themes that outlined the colonists desire to be independent?

• government, Parliament, monarchy

• limited government, habeas corpus, goods

• representation, tax, individual rights

• consent of the governed, natural law, policy

Multiple Choice

Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act?

• colonists began to pay the tax in full

• colonists began to organize militias to fight

• colonists sent petitions to England

• colonists began to boycott British goods

Multiple Choice

What were the three themes that outlined the colonists desire to be independent?

• government, Parliament, monarchy

• limited government, habeas corpus, goods

• representation, tax, individual rights

• consent of the governed, natural law, policy

Multiple Choice

What event completes the diagram?

• Colonial demand for military assistance increases.

• Colonial religious devotion increases.

• Colonial demand for political change increases.

• Colonial agricultural trade increases.