Declaration of Independence

What word fills in the blank in the following excerpt from the Declaration of Independence? "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ________________ rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

• equal

• unalienable

• power

• perfect

People establish governments to ___________ those (unalienable) rights.

• power

• equal

• protect

• change

Government derives ____________ from the people.

• change

• men

• liberty

• power

What men were appointed to the committee to write a declaration of independence? (Choose 3)

• John Adams

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Locke

What does unalienable mean?

• rights that can be taken way

• rights that cannot be taken way

• rights that are made

• not an alien

Whose ideas related to the unalienable rights were incorporated into the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

• John Adams

• John Locke

On what day was the Declaration of Independence officially adopted?

• July 4, 1776

• July 4, 1996

• September 4, 1776

• January 18, 2019

A purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to explain to other countries as well as to Great Britain why the colonists were declaring their freedom from Great Britain.

• True

• False

According to the Declaration of Independence, people have a right to change a government that violates their rights.

• True

• False

The First Continental Congress authorized the writing of the Declaration of Independence

• True

• False