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What was the name for the group of men who organized protests against British taxes?

Sons of Liberty

What was being protested in the event in this picture?

Tax on tea

What was taxed by the Townshend Acts?

Glass, paper, paint, lead, tea

Why were the British soldiers sent to Lexington and Concord?

The colonists were storing weapons and ammunition

What is one PURPOSE of the Declaration of Independence? (a reason why it was written)

To declare independence AND to justify why they were doing it/to explain the reasons why

What three individual rights does the Declaration say everyone has?

life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

What does it mean to "boycott?"

to refuse to buy

Taxation without representation means the colonists shouldn't be taxed because they didn't have a representative in the British ______________

Parliament

What was taxed by the Stamp Act?

printed documents like newspaper, wills, playing cards.

What is one PURPOSE of the Declaration of Independence? (a reason why it was written)

To declare independence AND to justify why they were doing it/to explain the reasons why

According to the Declaration of Independence, who has the right to alter or abolish a destructive government?

The people

The Declaration of Independence says a "tyrant" should not be a leader of free people. Who is the tyrant they are referring to?

King George III

Why were the colonists so mad about new taxes?

it was taxation without representation

How was this picture used as propaganda?

The left out information so the colonists would be angry at the soldiers. They wanted to make the British look bad.

Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

What does "alter and abolish" mean?

change and get rid of/destroy

What war put Britain in so much debt that they started charging new taxes?

French and Indian War