Declaration of Independence

Which document contains this passage?

• U.S. Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• English Bill of Rights

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Only citizens can enjoy the rights guaranteed by a government.

• Government must equally distribute power among people.

• People have rights that cannot be denied by any government.

• Government is necessary to promote equality.

Based on the passage, where should governments get their power?

• from elected leaders

• from the public

• from the legislature

• from the elected branch

Which statement completes the diagram?

• It is the role of government to determine natural rights.

• It is the role of government to protect natural rights.

• People establish natural rights

• People possess natural rights

What is one way that the ideas stated in the Declaration of Independence are evident today?

• voting right amendments

• selective service

• equal employment opportunity

• term limits

Which document addressed colonial concerns about English policies?

• Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• U.S. Constitution

What is the significance of the above Stamp

• It demonstrated that Parliament ignored the colonists’ media communications.

• It demonstrated that Parliament controlled the colonists’ press outlets.

• It represented the colonists’ fulfillment of English tax policies.

• It represented the colonist's opposition to English tax policies

Which action of the colonists did the above political cartoon support?

• Declaring loyalty to the British monarchy.

• Declaring independence from the British monarchy

• Dissolving colonial legislatures

• Dissolving colonial charters

What is the relationship between these concepts?

• Both declare to the world why the colonists wanted freedom from England.

• Both represent actions taken by the colonists to enforce English policies

• Both are in response to English policies imposed upon the colonists

• Both are responses by England to the actions of colonists

Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act, which taxed goods such as newspapers and playing cards?

• The expense of quartering act force the English to withdraw the Stamp Act

• The colonist started boycotting British goods.

• The colonists started destroying British goods.

• The colonists established a blockade against British goods.