The Declaration-Flocabulary

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

• end

• declare

• make sacred

• strengthen

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

• equal to, more power than

• separate from, equal to

• separate from, more powerful than

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

• A the only god is the Judeo Christian god.

• 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

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

• John Locks and Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Jefferson and King George

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

• it was the right thing to do

• The Declaration does not say why they did this.

Thomas Jefferson was selected to write the Declarfation of INdependence by

• The second Continental Congress

• King George

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

• True

• false

The Declaration calls lilfe, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ??????

• unforgettable

• unalienable

• unequal

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

• women

• slaves

• Native Americans

• all of the above