Yes
The colonists in the Declaration of Independence clearly stated their grievances and made a case against England, declaring to the world the reasons that caused them to declare their independence and fight to become the United States of America. These include taxation without representation
It is true. And i gotto make my answer longer -.-
petroglyphs and hieroglyphs were not early forms of verbal communication
Perhaps in the Civil War era, the Dred Scott decision angered Abolitionists as the Supreme Court declared African Americans could not be a US citizen as they were not mentioned as as in the Constitution and that Congress abused their power by abolishing Slavery above the Mason Dixon line and in the New Western territories.
Northerners and famously Fredrick Douglass denounced the court ruling.<span />