I don't LIKE YOU, like you...The Declaration of Independence has been called "the biggest 'breakup letter' ever," and for good reason!
Today, we will be examining the list of reasons that the American colonists felt like telling King George III that they didn't "LIKE HIM, like him" any longer...see Google Classroom for the assignment! |
Resources!
Please use the following resources to help "translate" the list of grievances (complaints) that the American colonists had for King George III.
Putting the Declaration into modern English:
http://www.surfnetkids.com/independenceday/267/the-declaration-of-independence-in-modern-english/
This website has the original and translation side by side, but isn't the best translation, in my humble opinion:
http://www.ew4c.com/decten/doi01/
This website splits the grievances up line by line:
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/declaration.htm
Putting the Declaration into modern English:
http://www.surfnetkids.com/independenceday/267/the-declaration-of-independence-in-modern-english/
This website has the original and translation side by side, but isn't the best translation, in my humble opinion:
http://www.ew4c.com/decten/doi01/
This website splits the grievances up line by line:
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/declaration.htm