Declaration of Independence Review

 Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Hobbes
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• George Washington

 Declaration main point 1: All men are created ____________

• free
• good
• equal
• the same

Declaration main point 2:  Men are given by God certain ________________

• alienable rights
• divine rights
• unalienable rights
• just rights

Declaration main point 4: Governments derive their authority from the consent of the _______________

• king
• parliament
• people
• men

Declaration main point 5: When a government abuses its power the people have the right to _____________ it.

• overthrow
• underthrow
• throw
• capture

Declaration main point 6: The colonies tried repeatedly to compromise with King George but he has been a ___________________

• great guy
• tyrant
• dictator
• Queen

 The declaration was published in this year

• 1775
• 1776
• 1777
• 1778

According to the Declaration of Independence, what truth was "self-evident"?

• All men are created equal
• Rights are given by good kings
• Government exists to protect us from ourselves
• Only a democracy can protect our rights

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What are our natural rights according to Jefferson?  (He got the idea from John Locke, but he changed the last right.)

• Freedom of speech, religion, and press
• Life, liberty, and property
• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• Voting, rebelling, and health

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

• To stop taxes from the British Empire.
• To make a United States army.
• To gain independence from the British Empire
• To install their own king in America

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7