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Who petitioned the king of England to recognize the rights of colonists?
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first continental congress.
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What rights did Andros deny the colonists?
II Lower Govermment of England 472
What was the colonial attitude before 1760?
Most colonists wanted the same rights and privileges enjoyed by British citizens living in England.
The Virginia Company charter authorized?
The Charter of 1606 is a document from King James I of England to the Virginia Company. It gave land rights to colonists for the sole purpose of propagating the Christian religion.
What was the colonists name for the laws passed in 1774 that took away many of the Massachusetts colonists' rights?
the coercive acts
What would be different without the first continental congress?
The First Continental Congress created the Declaration of Rights (declared that colonists were not represented in English Parliament, only colony legislatures could tax colonists) and the Continental Association which enforced a limited boycott set against trade with England.
What rights did Andros deny the colonists?
II Lower Govermment of England 472
What was the colonial attitude before 1760?
Most colonists wanted the same rights and privileges enjoyed by British citizens living in England.
What was the original reason the colonists went to war with the England?
the colonists went to war with Great Britain to protect their rights as English citizens
What landmark document in 1628 mandated that the King of England would recognize his subjects rights?
The Petition of Right
Why do you think colonists believed they were entitled to the rights. Guaranteed by the Magna Carta and the English bill of rights?
They thought this because the colonies were run by England at first.
What did suffragette Mary smith do in 1832?
Petitioned parliament for voting rights.
Why did colonists fear losing individual rights?
The King of England was placing the minder his rule and trying to have their guns taken away. They were also being taxed at the time. This led the colonists to fear that they would no longer have individual rights.
The major objection that British colonists in North America had to English rule was that they were?
denied the rights of citizens who lived in England
What was the major objections that British colonists in North America had with England rule?
they didnt have the same rights as english citizens
What were reasons for protests?
England was taxing the colonies to pay for the war debt, which the colonists thought was unfair. The colonists also thought that their rights and freedoms were being threatened. Lastly, England suspended the colonies new elected assembly.
What rights of American colonists might the king of England have violated?
The colonists listed their grievances against the king of England in the Declaration of Independence. Among their rights and liberties they felt the king had violated was refusing the colonists representation in Parliament as well as dissolving the representative houses that the colonies did have, taxing without representation, and quartering troops in the colonies when the colonial legislatures did not consent to it.
What were the reasons for colonial protest?
England was taxing the colonies to pay for the war debt, which the colonists thought was unfair. The colonists also thought that their rights and freedoms were being threatened. Lastly, England suspended the colonies new elected assembly.
