History work
Name: Destinee Gurule
Class: Period 5
Date:9/12/13
2.5a: What was the strongest grievance against King George III in the Declaration of Independence?
Part 1
Use Site 1 to answer the following questions.
1. Who helped Thomas Jefferson draft the original declaration?
John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston.
2. When did delegates actually begin to sign the completed document?
August 2, 1776
3. What did General George Washington order done with his copy
July 9, 1776 -- Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York -- from his personal copy of the "Dunlap Broadside."
4. Why do you think he gave this order?
I think he gave his order because he was thinking about what the people wanted and not what he wanted to do.
Answers will vary.
Part 2
In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson listed twenty-seven abuses committed by Great Britain's King George III against the colonies. These alleged abuses formed the main justification for independence.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public Good.
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.
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.
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.
Read the entire list beginning with "He has refused his Assent to Laws..." and ending with "He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us,..."
Decide which ten accusations
Class: Period 5
Date:9/12/13
2.5a: What was the strongest grievance against King George III in the Declaration of Independence?
Part 1
Use Site 1 to answer the following questions.
1. Who helped Thomas Jefferson draft the original declaration?
John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston.
2. When did delegates actually begin to sign the completed document?
August 2, 1776
3. What did General George Washington order done with his copy
July 9, 1776 -- Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York -- from his personal copy of the "Dunlap Broadside."
4. Why do you think he gave this order?
I think he gave his order because he was thinking about what the people wanted and not what he wanted to do.
Answers will vary.
Part 2
In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson listed twenty-seven abuses committed by Great Britain's King George III against the colonies. These alleged abuses formed the main justification for independence.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public Good.
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.
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.
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.
Read the entire list beginning with "He has refused his Assent to Laws..." and ending with "He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us,..."
Decide which ten accusations