Leveled Readings / The Declaratory Act (1766)
The Declaratory Act (1766)
The Declaratory Act (1766)
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
“…full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever…”
Adapted · about grade 4
Parliament says it can make any law for the American colonies.
Adapted · about grade 7
Parliament has full power to make laws that bind the colonies and people of America in all cases whatsoever.
Adapted · about grade 10
Parliament has full power and authority to make laws of sufficient force to bind the colonies and people of America in all cases whatsoever.
Used in: Were the colonists justified in declaring independence?