SS.7.CG.1.6

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Which document contains the passage: "The passage is from a historical document."? Options: Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, English Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution

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Declaration of Independence

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According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the relationship between government and the rights of the people? Options: The people do not have rights unless they are officially granted by the government. The government derives its power from the people and exists to protect people's rights. The government must limit people's rights in order to govern effectively. The people have unlimited rights that cannot be denied by the government.

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The government derives its power from the people and exists to protect people's rights.

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What is the main idea of this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?

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People have natural rights that cannot be denied by any government.

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What is the best title for the diagram based on John Locke's ideas about the relationship between the people and their government? Options: Bill of Rights, Natural Rights, Separation of Powers, Social Contract

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Social Contract

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Which statement from the Declaration of Independence best illustrates the purpose of the document? Options: ". . . it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another . . .", "He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.", ". . . to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them . . .", ". . . 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."

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. . . it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another . . .

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Which complaint, listed in the Declaration of Independence, was a response to the the Navigation Acts and British mercantilist policies?

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For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world

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In 1768, John Hancock was put on trial for smuggling in a vice admiralty court, which did not have a jury and lacked many protections for the accused. This situation led to the inclusion of which complaint in the Declaration of Independence?

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For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury