Declaration of Independence

What document did the colonists write to share their concerns with England and to break away?

• Mayflower Compact

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

Which of the following led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence?

• Colonists started to trade more

• Colonists became more religious

• Colonists wanted change in the government

• Colonists wanted more help from the military

What did the Colonists do after the Stamp Act?

• Boycott British goods

• Made their own goods

• Decided they didn't need goods

• Stopped paying all of their taxes

What are unalienable rights?

• Rights that government cannot take away

• Rights that government takes away

• rights for aliens

• Government is needed to promote equality

Thomas Paine wrote in Common Sense that the King was...

• Killing immigrants

• Not allowing people to practice their religion

• Taking away political rights

• Killing other races

Who is the main author of the DoI?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Obama

Forced colonists to give shelter (house) to British soldiers

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

• Quartering Act

• Housing Act

This was a direct response to the Boston Tea Party

• Declaration of Independence

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

Why were the colonists being taxed so heavily?

• To pay for the French and Indian War

• Because the King felt like it

• Because they wanted a revolution

• They owed a lot of money to China

The French and Indian war was...

• French/Native Americans fought the British colonists for land

• French and Native Americans fought each other for land

• British colonists fought the Native Americans for food

• French/Native Americans fought British colonists for tea