1.3 Colonial Concerns that led to the Declaration

What document addressed colonial concerns about English policies?

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

Colonist put this stamp on newspapers to send a message to the English Stamp Agents and King. What is the message they are sending?

• It shows that Parliament ignored the colonists'

• it shows that Parliament controlled the colonists' newspapers

• it shows the colonists' opposition to English tax

• it show the colonists' paying the English tax

What does this cartoon support?

• Declaring loyalty to the British monarchy

• Declaring independence from the British monarchy

• Dissolve colonial legislatures

• Dissolve colonial charters

Colonist stopped buying English goods and that is called

• massacre

• opposition

• declaration

• boycott

Colonist sent a petition to the King to stop the Stamp Act. What did the King do?

• British ignored the colonial concerns

• British apologise to colonist

• British send more troops to the colonies

• British called for all the Sons of Liberty be arrested

How did the Acts passed on the colonies push the colonist to revolution?

• the British ignored the colonial representatives in Parliament

• the British raised taxes on the colonist without giving them any representation in Parliament

• the acts show the effort of the British to end the slave trade

• the acts show how the British plan to expand the colonies farther west on the continent

Why did colonists believe the acts of British policies were unfair?

• the colonist believed that the policies were created to cause civil war

• the colonist believed that the policies were created to help one colony over another

• the colonist viewed the policies to limit their ability to travel

• the colonist viewed the policies as a violation of their rights

After the French and Indian War the King issued a proclamation to

• boycott colonial goods

• forbidding colonist from fulfilling their duty

• forbidding colonist from settling in new lands won

• boycott the Declaratory Act

What is the purpose of sending colonial complaints to the King?

• to call for a new King

• to justify independence

• to persuade the King to fix the problem

• to prove that colonist should be in Parliament

Colonist believed that they should have a say in Parliament to make the Acts fair, this is

• All for one and one for all

• equal rights and equal pay

• no taxation without representation

• no taxation on tea, glass and lead