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Declaration of Independence Breakdown!

Declaration of Independence Breakdown!

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18 Slides • 15 Questions

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Declaration of Independence Breakdown!

​Read each slide to answer the questions correctly!

​You can click the image of the slide on each question

​It's on YOU to learn this lesson!

​YES! THIS IS FOR A GRADE!

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Multiple Choice

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Today you will do all of the following EXCEPT!!!

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Read to answer questions

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Identify definitions

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Write about the Declaration of Independence

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Draw a picture of Thomas Jefferson

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What is a declaration?

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an official announcement

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natural, given at birth

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overthrowing the government

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What does unalienable mean?

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an official announcement

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natural, given at birth

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overthrowing the government

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What is a revolution?

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an official announcement

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natural, given at birth

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overthrowing the government

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What was the Continental Congress?

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Delegates from all the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss what to do about Great Britain.

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Delegates from half of the 13 Colonies meet to decide whether to move across the Appalachian Mountains.

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A secret club George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin belonged to!

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Who had all the power in Europe's monarchies?

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Royalty and nobility

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the People

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Companies

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Who had all the power in the brand new US Republic?

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Royalty and nobility

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the People

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Companies

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government

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What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

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to apologize to the king for the Boston Tea Party

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to declare the colonies independence from Great Britain

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to write Parliament to abolish slavery

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Who was the European philosopher that Jefferson got ideas from?

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John Locke

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John Adams

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Benjamin Franklin

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According to Locke, all humans had --

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natural rights

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unnatural rights

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taxation rights

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According to John Locke, when could the people of a country start a revolution and overthrow their government?

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when the King was far away

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when the government taxed them

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when the government no longer protected the people's rights

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What was Thomas Paine's main argument in his book Common Sense?

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The colonies should be independent from Great Britain

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The colonies should remain loyal to Great Britain

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The King should apologize to the colonists

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Multiple Choice

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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John Adams

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Thomas Jefferson

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Benjamin Franklin

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Poll

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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​

​On the next slide, click on link.

​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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Congratulations! You finished!​

If you didn't get at least an 85%, retake until you do!!!!!

Declaration of Independence Breakdown!

​Read each slide to answer the questions correctly!

​You can click the image of the slide on each question

​It's on YOU to learn this lesson!

​YES! THIS IS FOR A GRADE!

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