The diagram below describes events leading to the Declaration of Independence. A flowchart of four boxes, the ones on the left p
ointing to the ones on the right. The first box says, British policies limit colonial rights. The second has a question mark. The third says, British ignore colonial grievances. The fourth says, Declaration of Independence is approved. Which is the most likely reason for an event that could fill Box 2? Colonists did not want to pay any taxes.
Colonists did not consider themselves British citizens.
Colonists felt no sense of obligation to Britain.
Colonists objected to violations of their natural rights.
The answer is: Colonists objected to violations of their natural rights as a consequence of British policies that limited colonial rights.
In the Declaration of Independence, colonists object to violations of their natural rights made by King George, which, as stated in the Declaration, are the right to <u>"life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness".</u> In the Declaration's draft, Thomas Jefferson listed 20 occasions in which the King violated the rights of the American colonists.
