Question

Choose two colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and explain each grievance in your own words. Then, explain the connection between the grievance and a specific British action. Your responses should be written in complete sentences. An example is

Grievance Listed in the Declaration of Independence Explain the colonial grievance in your own words. Explain how the grievance is a direct response to a specific British action.
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us and protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.

The colonists were angry that they were forced to house British soldiers in their homes. This grievance listed in the Declaration is a direct response to the Boston Massacre and the trial of the British soldiers. The colonists did not feel that justice was served and blamed the king for stationing British troops in the colonies in the first place.

Answer 1

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Grievance Listed in the Declaration of Independence Explain the colonial grievance in your own words. Explain how the grievance is a direct response to a specific British action.

For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.

The colonists were upset that they were being denied the right to a fair trial by a jury of their peers. They felt that it was unjust for the British government to have the power to control the outcome of trials.

This grievance listed in the Declaration is a direct response to the passage of acts such as the Stamp Act and the British government's enforcement of these acts without allowing the colonists to have a trial by jury. The colonists saw this as a violation of their rights and a way for the British government to have complete control over their judicial system.