Declaration of Independence 2019

Which Enlightenment idea did Jefferson call self-evident truths?

• problems can be solved with reason

• governments are for orderly societies

• separation of powers best protect liberties

• all men are free and equal

Which English philosopher would have been the most comfortable with the rule of King George III?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Adam Smith

Government can best be described as

• provider of equality

• a system for organizing society

• public money spent to try to solve private problems

• the absence of order in society

What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• to start a war

• to give clear explanation as to why we felt compelled to separate

• to make peace with Great Britain

• to insult King George

Why did the southern colonies object to the original draft of the DOI?

• It called for the end of agriculture

• It called for the abolition of slavery

• It would allow the New England colonies to rule over the South

• It was written primarily by John Adams

Southerners insisted that slaves were

• Citizens

• Free

• Property, not people

• people being held as property

What was the consequence that Southerners claimed would happen if their slaves were removed?

• Their economy would be ruined

• Their economy would improve

• the loss of trade in slaves would damage businesses

• the former slaves could improve the south

Why can it be said that the northern colonies had an equal responsibility for the slave trade?

• Northern ships transported slaves to the Americas

• Slaves were sold in northern markets

• The North was making profits from the slave trade

• All of the reasons given

What truth mentioned below did Thomas Jefferson say was "Self-Evident"?

• All men are created equal

• The King had violated the natural rights of the colonists

• The colonists had tried to solve their problem with the King using reason

• The colonists had a right to declare independence

Jefferson said that all men are created equal in what way?

• They all have the same intellectual ability

• They all have the same physical ability

• They all have the same natural rights

• They are all tea-drinking British citizens