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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FLASHCARD

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FLASHCARD

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which grievance contributed to the American colonists' desire for independence? Options: British policies had made frontier lands too expensive. The King had denied the colonists their freedom of religion. The British government had been too generous to the Indian tribes. The British government had taxed the colonists' without their consent.

Back

The British government had taxed the colonists' without their consent.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which colonial leader introduced the ideas of John Locke's "social contract" theory into the Declaration of Independence?

Back

Thomas Jefferson

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which complaint against King George III was stated in the Declaration of Independence?

Back

He had quartered his troops among the colonists.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which work publicized the concept of "natural rights," later found in the Declaration of Independence? Options: Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, John Locke's Two Treatises of Government

Back

John Locke's Two Treatises of Government

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

According to the Declaration of Independence, what was an "unalienable right" that all governments should protect? Options: the right to social equality, the right to personal liberty, the right to religious equality, the right to elect government officials

Back

the right to personal liberty

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which section of the Declaration contained the passage: "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures...?"

Back

its list of colonial grievances

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which statement best describes the role of government according to the Declaration of Independence? Options: "The main purpose of government is to expand and glorify the state." , "The main purpose of government is to protect the unalienable rights of individuals." , "The main purpose of government is to protect the rights and privileges of His Majesty, the King." , "The main purpose of government is to promote the general welfare of the community by taking steps toward social equality."

Back

The main purpose of government is to protect the unalienable rights of individuals.

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