1. Give a brief description of following events that led to the ratification of the Declaration of Independence: The Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767, and the Boston Tea Party of 1773.
             The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first major controversy between Great Britain and its North American colonies began over the Stamp Act. The act placed tax on all paper products. Britain felt the act was justified, since it needed money to support military undertakings in North America. The colonist saw no justification at all. Protests soon followed, ranging from refusal to buy the stamps to full-out riots. The colonists objected to the tax because they were not represented in Parliament. In 1766 Parliament repealed the act and issued the Declaratory Act.
             The Townshend Acts of 1767 were introduced by Charles Townshend. The acts called for a series of levies on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. The colonist responded to this levy with boycotts of British goods. In 1768, the Townshend Acts were reformed.
             The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was brought on when the British Parliament had given total control over the importing and selling of tea to the British East India Company. This angered the colonial merchants, and they refused to pay the import taxes on tea. To prevent the British from auctioning-off the tea and getting the fee, the Sons of Liberty dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor. The British responded to this by passing the Intolerable Act.
             Each of theses acts made the colonist want to break away from Great Britain. The colonists did not like all of the taxes imposed on them by the British; therefore, the colonists wanted to break away from England so that they could form a government for the way they wanted it to be.
             2. Who were the five members of the Committee appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence?
             The five members of the Committee were Thomas Jefferson,...