The Declaration of Independence

What was the purpose of the writing the Declaration of Independence?

• To tell King George why the colonies wanted to break away

• To tell King George why the colonies wanted to go to war

• To tell King George why the colonies had a better economy

• To tell King George why the colonies loved him so much

The purpose of a government, according to Jefferson, was

• to protect the rights of the people.

• to tell the people what rights they did and did not have.

• to make the rules.

• to tell the King to go away.

According to John Locke, all people are born with...

• natural rights

• rights given to them by the government

• a job

• a purpose in life

{{PICK TWO}} If government does not do its job, the Declaration says that...

• the people have the right to alter it

• the people have the right to abolish it

• the people have the right to use it

• the people have the right to abuse it

According to King George III, who gave him the power to rule over his people?

• God

• His father King George II

• The government

• The people

Before the Declaration of Independence was written, the Olive Branch Petition asked the King...

• for a peaceful solution

• why he was so rude

• to start a war with France

• to continue taxing the colonies

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Kin George III

Who was chosen to command the Continental Army?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• William Howe

• Benedict Arnold

What topic was eventually removed from the Declaration of Independence?

• slavery

• taxation

• natural rights

• Parliament

Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, succeeding in doing what?

• Convincing more colonists to agree with the Patriots

• Convincing more colonists to agree with the Loyalists

• Convincing more colonists to move to the West

• Convincing more colonists to move to Canada