
Declaration of Independence Breakdown!
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RACHEL ELIZABETH HATCH
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Declaration of Independence Breakdown!
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Multiple Choice
Today you will do all of the following EXCEPT!!!
Read to answer questions
Identify definitions
Write about the Declaration of Independence
Draw a picture of Thomas Jefferson
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Multiple Choice
What is a declaration?
an official announcement
natural, given at birth
overthrowing the government
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Multiple Choice
What does unalienable mean?
an official announcement
natural, given at birth
overthrowing the government
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Multiple Choice
What is a revolution?
an official announcement
natural, given at birth
overthrowing the government
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Multiple Choice
What was the Continental Congress?
Delegates from all the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss what to do about Great Britain.
Delegates from half of the 13 Colonies meet to decide whether to move across the Appalachian Mountains.
A secret club George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin belonged to!
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Multiple Choice
Who had all the power in Europe's monarchies?
Royalty and nobility
the People
Companies
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Multiple Choice
Who had all the power in the brand new US Republic?
Royalty and nobility
the People
Companies
government
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Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
to apologize to the king for the Boston Tea Party
to declare the colonies independence from Great Britain
to write Parliament to abolish slavery
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Multiple Choice
Who was the European philosopher that Jefferson got ideas from?
John Locke
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
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Multiple Choice
According to Locke, all humans had --
natural rights
unnatural rights
taxation rights
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Multiple Choice
According to John Locke, when could the people of a country start a revolution and overthrow their government?
when the King was far away
when the government taxed them
when the government no longer protected the people's rights
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Multiple Choice
What was Thomas Paine's main argument in his book Common Sense?
The colonies should be independent from Great Britain
The colonies should remain loyal to Great Britain
The King should apologize to the colonists
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Multiple Choice
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
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Poll
Which part do you think is the most important in the Declaration of Independence?
All people have rights and governments should protect those rights
List of grievances against the King
We are declaring our independence from Great Britain!
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The Impact of the US Declaration of Independence
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Find one other country with a declaration of Independence.
Be ready to record the name and the date of independence for that country!
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Open Ended
What was one country you saw that had a Declaration of Independence?
What year was it signed?
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