What does "impel" mean in the phrase below?

"…a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation"

What are these grievances?

What does "public good" mean in the first grievance (copied below)?

"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."

The second grievance is a little complicated.

Which summary best describes this grievance (copied below)?

"He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."

What does "relinquish" mean in the grievance listed below?

"He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only."

Which summary best describes the grievance listed below?

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

What does "sole" mean in this grievance?

"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 as the last question (copied below), what does "fatiguing" 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."

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."

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."

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 "exposed" mean in this grievance??

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 it mean that "the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation"?

What are you still unsure about in these first 6 grievances?

What does "separation" mean in the phrase below?

"…a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation"

This paragraph begins “We hold these truths to be self–evident…”

What does this quote express?

The second paragraph states “…deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”. What does “deriving” mean in this context?

What does “consent” mean in the same quote (copied below)?

“…deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”

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?

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 are the unalienable rights specifically listed in the Declaration of Independence?

Who creates government according to this document?

This document states that people can do three things to a government that is destructive to human rights. What are those three actions?

What does the phrase below mean?

“…all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.”

What else would you like to learn about why Americans wanted independence?

What does the last phrase of the paragraph mean (copied below)?

"…a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation"

What are 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.

What does "public good" mean in the first grievance (copied below)?

"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."