The Declaration of Independence accuses the British king of harming the American colonies in many different ways. These accusations take up over half of the text of the Declaration. Below are four of those accusations.

Question

Match each accusation to the historical example that the colonists might have meant.

Example:

"transporting large armies of [paid] foreign [soldiers]" <-- --> The British government had paid for thousands of German soldiers to fight the colonists.

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"imposing taxes on us without our consent"
"cutting off our trade with all parts of the world"
"pluner[ing] our seas, ravag[ing] our coasts, burn[ing] our towns, and destroy[ing] the lives of our people"
The British government had stopped the colonists from trading directly with France or Spain.By July 1776, the British government had spent a year fighting the colonists by attacking and taking over their towns.The British government had passed laws to raise money from colonists without the colonists' agreement.

Answer 1

Here are the matched accusations with their corresponding historical examples:

1. "imposing taxes on us without our consent" <-- --> The British government had passed laws to raise money from colonists without the colonists' agreement.

2. "cutting off our trade with all parts of the world" <-- --> The British government had stopped the colonists from trading directly with France or Spain.

3. "plunder[ing] our seas, ravag[ing] our coasts, burn[ing] our towns, and destroy[ing] the lives of our people" <-- --> By July 1776, the British government had spent a year fighting the colonists by attacking and taking over their towns.