Question

According to the Declaration, in which ways did the king deny the colonists “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”? Write two to three sentences to explain your answer.

Answer 1

According to the Declaration, the king denied life, liberty and happiness by preventing the colonists from establishing their own laws, making them in a way "prisoners" to the laws dictated across the sea which shouldn't have to apply to their life in the new continent.

Also by prohibiting them from trading with the rest of the world, the lives of colonists in America became dulled with  the inability to reach out and expand their vision.

And finally by keeping armies in the new world during peaceful times and forbidding the new citizens to receive trial by jury.

Answer 2

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By blocking their ability to pass laws, the king limited the colonists' liberty. By punishing and killing those who disagreed with him, he violated their unalienable rights.

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