Declaration Cause and Effect Template
Part One:
Choose three events from the box below. Summarize three British actions to complete the chart.
Your responses should be written in complete sentences. An example is provided for you.
● The Stamp Act of 1765 ● The Tea Act of 1773
● The Quartering Act of 1765 ● The Intolerable Acts of 1774
● The Townshend Acts of
1767
Year British Action Summary
1766 The Declaratory Act The Declaratory Act gave Parliament the right to
make all decisions for the colonies in all matters and
to tax them.
1767 The Townshend Acts The Townshend Acts placed taxes on imported
goods like paper, tea, glass, and paint. Colonists
responded by boycotting British goods and protesting
taxation without representation.
1774 The Intolerable Acts The Intolerable Acts were passed to punish the
colonists for the Boston Tea Party. These laws
restricted town meetings, closed Boston’s port, and
allowed British soldiers to be housed in private
homes. This led to increased tensions between
Britain and the colonies.
1774 The Intolerable Acts The Intolerable Acts were passed to punish the
colonists for the Boston Tea Party. These laws
restricted town meetings, closed Boston’s port, and
allowed British soldiers to be housed in private
homes. This led to increased tensions between
Britain and the colonies.
Part Two:
Review your completed chart above. In complete sentences, explain how the events on the
chart led colonists to support independence from the British. For example, how did the colonists
feel about these events? What actions did they take as a result?
Part Three:
Choose two colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence. Explain each
grievance in your own words and in complete sentences. An example is provided for you.
Grievance Listed in the Explain the colonial grievance in your own words.
Declaration of
Independence
“He has obstructed the The British government appointed their own judges and no longer
Administration of Justice by allowed the colonist to elect their own judges. The colonists
refusing his Assent to Laws worried that this would lead to unfair treatment by the judges.
for establishing Judiciary
Powers.”
"For quartering large This grievance relates to the Quartering Act, which required
bodies of armed troops colonists to house British soldiers in their homes. The colonists
among us." saw this as a violation of their personal privacy and rights.
"For quartering large bodies This grievance relates to the Quartering Act, which required
of armed troops among us." colonists to house British soldiers in their homes. The colonists
saw this as a violation of their personal privacy and rights.
