Category: Hamlet

What does "subject" 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"

What does "foriegn" mean in the same grievance below?

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

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"

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?

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

A lot of problems between people have an economic part.

What economic concern is listed in this grievance?

"For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"

What famous slogan expresses the ideas in the grievance below?

"For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent"

What does "depriving" mean in the grievance below?

"For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury"

What else would you like to learn about these grievances?

What else would you like to learn about the Declaration of Independence?

Are there any words or things that you are unsure about?

You can always list unknown words here.

The Americans wrote "such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government". What does "constrains" mean in this context?

One more question about that quote (below), what does "compliance" mean?

"He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures."

In the same quote (below), what does "alter" mean?

"such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government"

What does "dissolve" mean in this grievance?

"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people."

Please enter the first three words of a sentence that shows your answers is correct.

What message does this paragraph convey to the English government?

What are the uanlienable rights specifically listed in the Declaration of Independence?

right to life

right to liberty

right to property

freedom of press

freedom of religion

right to pursue happiness

The last grievance listed here is long.

Which summary describes it?

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

What does the word "uaninimous" explain about the vote that approved this declaration?