1. Review Notes and Primary source Activity answer key
Standard 6b
Review Notes and Primary source Activity answer key

2. The Preamble – sets the purpose of the doc
6b. I can describe the role of the Dec of Ind in expressing the reasons for separating from GB
The Preamble – sets the purpose of the doc
Explain to the world why we are separating from GB
Colonial beliefs about government (the 4 principles)
Equality
All people have rights
Government power comes from the people
Bad governments should be changed

3. List of grievances (spells out all the Kings Crimes)
Proof that the king is a tyrant
Lists all things the king did wrong
Statement of Independence
explains that the colonies are now separate from GB, and can/will act as other countries do.
Identify vocab:
Write a summary – How is the Dec of Ind organized?
Continue summary- How does the format help to express the colonists’ reasons for separating from Great Britain?

4. 5 suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
1 HE has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public
2 Good.
3 HE has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing Importance,
4 unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so
5 suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
6 HE has refused to pass other Laws for the Accommodation of large Districts of People,
7 unless those People would relinquish the Right of Representation in the Legislature, a
8 Right inestimable to them, and formidable to Tyranny only.
9 HE has called together Legislative Bodies at Places unusual, uncomfortable, and
10 distant from the Depository of their public Records, for the sole Purpose of fatiguing
11 them into Compliance with his Measures.
12 HE has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for
13 establishing Judiciary Powers.
14 HE has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the Tenure of their Offices, and
15 the Amount and Payment of their Salaries.
16 HE has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the Consent of
17 our Legislatures.
18 FOR quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us:
19 FOR protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they
20 should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
21 FOR cutting off our Trade with all Parts of the World:
22 FOR imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
23 FOR depriving us, in many Cases, of the Benefits of Trial by Jury:
24 HE has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection, and waging
25 War against us.

5. Statement Line(s) # Actual Text He has refused to enforce laws
He has refused to enforce laws
He has made it difficult for
colonists to participate in
government
He has forced colonists to
house military personnel   
Taxed citizens without the
citizens giving their approval
Refused to protect the
colonists from foreign
aggression on colonial lands
HE has refused his Assent to Laws, the most
wholesome and necessary for the public Good.
1-2
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.
9-11
FOR quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops
among us: 18 22
FOR imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
HE has abdicated Government here, by
declaring us out of his Protection, and waging
War against us.
24-25

6. Thinking Questions King George III
What is a Grievance?
A complaint about something believed to be unfair
Who is the “He” that the writer of the Declaration is referring to?
King George III
Can you match any of the grievances with acts or other events that we have learned about? Next to the ones you recognize write the name of the event you can match it with

7. 18 FOR quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us:
1 HE has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public
2 Good.
3 HE has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing Importance,
4 unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so
5 suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
6 HE has refused to pass other Laws for the Accommodation of large Districts of People,
7 unless those People would relinquish the Right of Representation in the Legislature, a
8 Right inestimable to them, and formidable to Tyranny only.
9 HE has called together Legislative Bodies at Places unusual, uncomfortable, and
10 distant from the Depository of their public Records, for the sole Purpose of fatiguing
11 them into Compliance with his Measures.
12 HE has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for
13 establishing Judiciary Powers.
14 HE has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the Tenure of their Offices, and
15 the Amount and Payment of their Salaries.
16 HE has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the Consent of
17 our Legislatures.
18 FOR quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us:
19 FOR protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they
20 should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
21 FOR cutting off our Trade with all Parts of the World:
22 FOR imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
23 FOR depriving us, in many Cases, of the Benefits of Trial by Jury:
24 HE has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection, and waging
25 War against us.
16 HE has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the Consent of
17 our Legislatures.
18 FOR quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us:
19 FOR protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they
20 should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
21 FOR cutting off our Trade with all Parts of the World:
22 FOR imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
23 FOR depriving us, in many Cases, of the Benefits of Trial by Jury:
24 HE has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection, and waging
25 War against us.

8. Thinking Questions
Why do you think the writer included such a long list of grievances?
To convince the world that they had every right to declare independence because of so many “injustices” on behalf of the King
Would the list have been more or less effective had it been shorter? Explain
How does this part of the document help us to understand the colonists’ reasons for separating from Great Brain?