Leveled Readings / Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress (1765)
Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress (1765)
Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress (1765)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them, but with their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Free people should only pay taxes they agree to, or that their own leaders agree to.
Adapted · about grade 7
It is essential to a free people, and a right of English subjects, that no taxes be placed on them without their consent, given by them or their representatives.
Adapted · about grade 10
It is essential to a people's freedom, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed without their own consent, given personally or through their representatives.
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