Why did American colonists resent British taxes?
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Americans did not elect representatives to Parliament as people who lived in Great Britain did.
American colonists were unhappy that the high taxes were keeping the nobility in luxury.
Unlike American colonists, people who lived in Great Britain did not have to pay any duties
Great Britain did not offer the American colonists any protection from the French and the Indians.
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(1.3) Why was the victory at Saratoga so important to the Patriot cause?
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It convinced France to help the colonies in their struggle
It forced the British to give the colonies their independence
It forced the British to evacuate their troops from Boston.
It led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
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(1.3) Use the excerpt to answer the question that follows.
“I think Sir that the first maxim [saying] of a man who loves liberty should be, never to grant to Rulers an atom of power that is not most clearly & indispensably necessary for the safety and well being of Society….”
--Richard Henry Lee, 1785
Which ideal expressed in Lee’s statement can also be found in the Declaration of Independence?
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rulers can abuse their power
only governments can grant rights to citizens
all rulers are corrupt
no government is perfect
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; . . ."
This quotation is evidence that some of the basic ideas in the Declaration of Independence were
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reflections of the philosophies of the European Enlightenment.
adoptions of rules used by the Holy Roman Empire.
adaptations of the laws of Spanish colonial governments in North America.
limitations of the principles underlying most European governments of the 1700’s.