Consider the Actions of the British Government Toward Its Colonies

question 30

Essay

Consider the actions of the British government toward its colonies and the "unalienable rights" listed in the Declaration of Independence and discuss the ways in which British actions prior to the Revolutionary War did or did not violate these rights.

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Definitions:

Fault Scarp

A step in the landscape caused when fault movement offsets Earth’s surface.

Columnar Joints

Distinctive polygonal shapes formed in volcanic rock due to contraction as it cools, creating pillar-like formations.

Cleavage

The tendency of a mineral to break along flat, even surfaces as determined by the structure of the mineral’s crystal lattice.

Hogback

Any ridge with a sharp summit and one slope inclined approximately parallel to the dip of layers, resembling in outline the back of a hog.