Declaration Of Independence List Of Grievances Addressed In The Constitution

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Declaration of Independence List of Grievances Addressed in the Constitution
Use pages 232 – 261, fill in this graphic organizer showing how the Constitution addressed certain grievances from the Declaration of Independence.
Grievance Listed in the
How it is addressed in the Constitution
Where it is found in the Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Taxation without Representation
All states have representation in Congress which sets taxes
Article 1
“For imposing taxes on us without our consent”
Absolute Power of the King
Congress has the power to override a presidential veto
Article 1 Section 7 Clause 3
(executive)
Impeachment
Article 2 Section 3 Clause 4—Impeachment Clause
“For abolishing the free system of English laws .
. . so as to render it at once an example and fit
Presidential Term Limits
22nd Amendment
instrument for introducing the same absolute
rule into these colonies”
Colonists not allowed to
speak out/question the King
Freedom of Speech, Press and Assembly are granted
Bill of Rights—1st Amendment
“He has dissolved representative houses repeat-
edly, for opposing . . . his invasions on the rights
of the people”
Quartering Act forced
Quartering of troops in homes is prohibited
without
colonists to house troops
Bill of Rights—3rd Amendment
the consent of the owner
“For quartering large bodies of armed troops
among us”
Colonists’ homes could
be searched without a warrant
Citizens are protected from search and seizure without a War-
rant based upon probably cause and describing the place to
Bill of Rights—4th Amendment
“He has combined with others to subject us to a
jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution and
searched and items to be seized
unacknowledged by our laws, giving his assent
to their acts of pretended legislation”
No trial by a jury of peers was assured
The right to a fair and speedy public trial by an impartial jury is
Bill of Rights—7th Amendment
For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits
protected
of trial by jury;

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