Describe the reasoning of the intolerable acts? the intolerable acts were enforced due to colonists smuggling in goods to keep from paying taxes from the stamp act. the intolerable acts were aimed at punishing boston for the boston tea party. the intolerable acts were created to keep the colonists from starting an uprising towards the british. the intolerable acts were designed to keep the colonists from settling the ohio river valley.

1.3.6 practice: examining the founding principles the declaration of independence we hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal. that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.- that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,- that whenever any form of governments becomes destructive of thee ends, it is right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its power in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness . summary