Declaration of Independence

The idea that government’s power comes from the people.

• Divine Right

• Popular Sovereignty

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

Rights that cannot be taken from the people.

• Unalienable Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

The idea that people give up some of their power and rights to the government, and government is supposed to maintain order.

• Unalienable Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

The idea that all people are born equal and entitled to the same basic rights

• Unalienable Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” What important ideas does this language express?

• Popular sovereignty/social contract

• Natural rights/unalienable rights

• Social contract/natural rights

• Unalienable rights/popular sovereignty

“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” What important idea does this language express?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Unalienable Rights

• Natural Rights

• Social Contract

Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

“Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.” What important idea does this language express?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Unalienable Rights

• Natural Rights

• Social Contract

Which of these is TRUE of Thomas Jefferson?

• He owned slaves himself

• He believed that all men WERE created equal

• He may have had children who were slaves

• He came from a wealthy family

• He was an orphan who came to America and made a name for himself

Which of these were "grievances" the colonists had with the British Government?

• They were taxed without representation in Parliament

• The British Government required colonists to house troops against their will

• Not allowing the colonists to trade with other countries (Mercantilism)

• Suspending the right to a trial by jury

• Suspending Colonial Legislatures