SSR

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

• to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain
• the start the American Revolution
• to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain.
• to instruct how a county wins its freedom.

How do natural rights, as described in the Declaration of Independence, differ from other rights?

• People are born with natural rights.
• People can vote to choose natural rights
• Natural rights are given only to citizens.
• Natural rights come from the government.

According to Thomas Jefferson, the power to rule comes from____________.

• the governed.
• God
• Parliament.
• the king.

Why did Thomas Jefferson say that King George III was an unfit ruler?

• He denied the colonists their rights.
• He was not born in Great Britain
• He was not elected by Parliament
• He lived far away from the colonies.

Which colonial leader introduced the ideas of John Locke's "social contract" theory into the Declaration of Independence?

• John Hancock
• Thomas Paine
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson

Based on the Declaration of Independence, which is a natural right?

• the right to vote
• the right to bear arms
• the right to pursue happiness
• the right to equal protection of the laws

Because King George did not want fighting with Native Americans to start again, he forbid the colonists to settle lands beyond . . .

• the Appalachian Mountains.
• the Ohio River Valley.
• the Mississippi River.
• the Gulf of Mexico.

Moving goods illegally in or out of a country is called . . .

• smuggling.
• a proclamation.
• a duty.
• a boycott.

Most early colonists were loyal to England and valued their rights as English subjects.

• True
• False

The distance between the colonies and England made it difficult for colonists to have a say in English government.

• True
• False