The Americans wrote "…all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved…"

What does this quote say about the political connections between the colonies and Britain?

What does "unacknowledged" mean in the first grievance?

"He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws"

This is the end of the Declaration of Independence.

Which section was the longest?

What does "endeavoured" mean in the grievance below?

"He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands."

The second grievance in this set, "For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us&quot, is the foundation of the Amendment III in the future Constitution (still over 10 years away).

What does this grievance describe?

What are these grievance mainly about?

What else would you like to learn about this topic?

Why did the founders list grievances before the resolution of independence?

Which three problems are described in this grievance?

"He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands."

The third grievance in this set is quoted below.

What is a "mock trial"?

"For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States