Declaration of Independence Lesson 2 | Term 1

1. What is the purpose or reason to write the Declaration of Independence?

2. What was the major change made to Jefferson's original Declaration of Independence?

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose or reason to write the Declaration of Independence?

• Convince the world that England was taking away the freedoms of the colonists, so a change was needed.

• Convince the world that England was right all along about the different Acts.

• Stop the rest of the world from attacking France after the French and Indian War.

• Convince the world that the colonists should be allowed to settle the Ohio Valley and take the land from the Natives and the Frence.

Multiple Choice

What was the major change made to Jefferson's original Declaration of Independence?

• Add the institution of slavery as the most important part to the freedom of the colonists, which the king was trying to stop.

• Convince the world that England was right all along about the different Acts. This wasn't true.

• Take out the part about the king of England starting the slave trade and preventing the colonists from ending the institution of slavery. This wasn't true.

1. What are the 3 principles of the Declaration of Independence?

2. What do the principles mean?

Open Ended

As a table Group answer this question together

What does the principle LIFE mean?

Open Ended

As a table Group answer this question together

What does the principle LIBERTY mean?

Open Ended

As a table Group answer this question together

What does the principle PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS mean?

LIFE

Freedom

Right to be safe, the right to my personal protection.

LIBERTY

Freedom

Right to express myself without fear of the government stopping me from expressing myself in writing (letters, newspaper, magazine, blogs, TV, religious practices or no religion at all, get together and meet with others to talk about government, or speak out against the government).

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Freedom

Right to economic freedom with a system of enterprise of business which gives me choices without the government stepping in to control what job I have or to control on how I spend my money (Think about the different Acts).