2.7 Declaring Independence

Open Ended

What reasons do they give in the song for wanting to leave this

OPPRESSIVE RELATIONSHIP with Great Britain?

Multiple Choice

I know you remember SOMETHING from US history class. The colonists yelled, "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!".... then did what?

• Dumped a bunch of tea into Boston Harbor and said "we're done here!"

• Requested a tax refund from the IRS

• Wrote the US Constitution

Reorder

Put these events in the correct order!

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• Britain taxes multiple everyday goods in the colonies

• The 1st Continental Congress petitions the King to repeal oppressive laws

• The Revolutionary War begins

• The 2nd Continental Congress writes the Declaration of Independence.

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