What steps did Great Britain take to increase control over its colonies?

1. No representation in the British Parliament
2.      Some colonists resented the power of the colonial governors.
3.      Great Britain wanted strict control over colonial legislatures.
4.     The colonies opposed the British taxes.
5. The Proclamation of l763, which followed the French and Indian War, restricted the western movement of settlers.

What was Great Britain’s reasons for taxation ?

1.  To help finance the French and Indian War
2.   To help finance the maintenance of British troops in the colonies

What was Great Britain’s reasons for controlling the colonies?

1.    Great Britain desired to remain a world power.
2.    In the American colonies, Great Britain’s desire to remain a world power resulted in a conflict with the French known as the French and Indian War.
3.    Great Britain imposed taxes, such as the Stamp Act, to raise necessary revenue to pay the cost of the French and Indian War.

1.     People have “certain unalienable rights” (rights that cannot be taken away)—to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness.
2.     People establish government to protect those rights.      Government derives power from the people.
4. People have a right and a duty to change a government that violates their rights.

·      (rights that cannot be taken away)—to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness.

  Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness are examples of what type of rights?

Key philosophies in the Declaration of Independence were based upon ideas first expressed by ______________

A. French philosophers

B. European philosophers

C. Spanish philosophers

The Declaration of Independence procliamed  American independence from ___________.

A. France

B. Great Britain

C. Spain

According to the Declaration of Independence the

  " government derives power from the ________".

A. King

B. President

C. people

According to the Declaration of Independence "people establish the government to _________."

A. protect  rights

B. make money

C. pass taxes

According to the Decrlaration of Independce "People have a right and a duty to change a government that _____________"

a.  violates their rights.

b. is good .

c. that has a king .

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Who was the British King during the Revolutionary War ? He passed the taxes  and acts that made the colonists mad.

 King George III

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Who was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown , Virginia to George Washington ?

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I championed the cause of independence .

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I was choosen by the 2nd Continental Congress to become the Commander of the Continental  Army .

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 I am the journalist  and author of " Common Sense" . In " Common Sense"  I encouraged the colonists that they should become free from Britian .

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I was an outspoken member of the House of Burgesses ; I inspired colonial patriotism with " Give me liberty or give me death" speech.

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I was a prominent ( popular) member of Continental Congress; helped frame the Declaration of Independence .

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Major author of the Declaration of Independence .

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I was the patriot who made a risky ride to warn colonists that " The British are coming."

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A former slave who wrote poems and plays supporting independence.

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Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting British soldiers .

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Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into the Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.

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Delegates from all of the 13 colonies met in Philly , PA  to do the following : 1. Made G.W. commander of the Continental Army.   2. Approved the Declaration of Independence.