USHC 1.3 Declaration of Independence

One purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to

• ask Parliament to end the slave trade in America

• create a new government with three separate branches

• persuade members of Parliament to dissolve the monarchy

• explain to other countries why the colonies had to revolt to gain support

The primary goal of the people who began the American Revolution was

• to establish a new economic elite in North America

• to establish the world's first democratic government

• to achieve the rights they felt the British had been denying them

• to make legally binding the concepts of equality and liberty for all in the colonies

According to the Declaration of Independence, who gives government the power to exist?

• the king

• the people

• their creator

• their government

The concept that the people of a nation have a right to overthrow a government that acts against their common interest is known as

• civil rights

• checks and balances

• the right of revolution

• the right of first refusal

What type of person was left out of the promises of the Declaration of Independence. Check all that apply.

• White men

• White women

• Native Americans

• Black slaves

Fill in the Blank: Without the military and economic support of this country (_________), the US would have most likely lost the war.