Declaration of Independence

Which of the following is a truth that the Declaration holds to be self-evident?

• The only god is the Judeo-Christian god.
• God and nature should be merged as one.
• The government grants unalienable rights to the people.
• All men are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.

According to the Declaration, from where does the government get its power?

• The military
• The will of the people
• Slaves
• God 

Which 17th century Enlightenment philosophers inspired the ideas in the Declaration?

• John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Thomas Jefferson and George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson and King George
• John Locke and Thomas Jefferson

According to the Declaration, why did the colonists list all their reasons for breaking from Britain?

• The Law of Nature said that they had to.
• The Declaration does not say why they did this.
• It was the right thing to do.
• Britain asked for a list of reasons.

The Declaration of Independence actually names the new country of the United States of America.

• True
• False

The Declaration calls life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ________ rights.

• unforgettable 
• unequal
• unalienable 
• undissolvable

Even though the Declaration says, "all men are created equal," which of the following groups still fought for rights after it was written?

• Women
• Native Americans
• Slaves 
• All of the above

When the colonists said they were going to dissolve their political bands with Britain, they meant that they were going to ________ these bands.

• end
• strengthen 
• declare
• make sacred 

"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"

• Thomas Jefferson 
• John Locke 
• John Hancock 
• Baron de Montesque

The Declaration says that the US deserves a station that is ________ and ________ Britain's.

• equal to, more powerful than
• separate from, more powerful than
• separate from, equal to
• separate from, unequal to