Disagreements with Britain and the Declaration of Independence

Which document was written as a response to colonists’ disagreements with Great Britain?

• Magna Carta

• Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

What is this picture? Why is it important?

• The stamp showed a tax had been paid on something printed.

• The stamp showed that the colonist had a debt to pay off.

• Colonists opposed the Stamp Act and other British taxes.

• Colonists were loyal to the royal governors and monarchs..

What message did the cartoon support?

• Electing new members of Parliament.

• Becoming independent from Great Britain and its government.

• Electing new colonial legislatures

How did the Founding Fathers react to taxes placed on colonists by Great Britain?

• protests and boycotts

• 1st and 2nd Continental Congress

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence and Constitution

• American Revolution

Why did Parliament eventually get rid of the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts?

• Colonists started buying more goods from other places.

• Colonists became more loyal to the British monarchy.

• Colonists boycotted (stopped buying) British goods.

What document is this passage from?

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

What is the main idea?

• People are born with natural rights.

• The government decides people's natural rights.

• The gov. must protect these rights.

• The gov. gets its power from the people.

• If the gov. doesn’t keep the social contract, the people should get rid of it and put in a new gov.

Where does the gov. get its power?

• the people (public)

• the monarchy

• the legislature (Parliament)

How are unalienable rights and consent of the governed related?

• The gov. agrees to protect people and their rights.

• Social Contract

• The people agree to submit to the gov. and follow its laws.

• The people agree to petition the gov.

How do the ideas in the Declaration of Independence affect us today?

• equal rights

• voting

• freedom of opportunity

• helping the needy

• eduation