Declaration Of Independence Dbq

The reasons why the colonies rebelled, was because the British were overtaxing the colonies because the British were in debt. Because the colonies were acting violent since the colonies were being taxed on everything they dumped chests of tea in the water which made the British angry. The colonies rights were soon taken away. After the Boston Tea Party, the intolerable act was created. The intolerable act was created to punish the colonist for throwing away hundreds chests of tea into the water, this seized all trade and communication in the outside world by closing the port of Boston. This was meant to continue until all of the tea was paid for, although that didn't happen. After the colonies lost everything they had, they decided they no …show more content…
The Declaration of Independence stated there are certain rights that governments should never violate, specifically the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If the government does not protect the rights the people have the right to overthrow the tyrannical government. After many attempts and being ignored, the colonists decided to declare independence from Great Britain. Meaning the United States of America was going to be a new nation, therefore Great Britain will have no further connections with the United States. Our national purpose is that ideas matter (the enlighten era) or that America is based on ideology. The United States was inspired by the ideas of Britain and the French. Six keys that came to a great start for the Enlightenment thinkers: deism, liberalism, republicanism, conservatism, toleration and scientific progress. Each of the ideas meant, the belief in God, the freedom of an individual, the form of a government, a political who keeps the same traditions in a country, an act that is not approved by any means and the concept of having the idea solved through the scientific method provided by the