The Declaration of Independence

What are the three parts of the Declaration of Independence?

• Preamble

• Document

• Grievances

• Declaration

• King's Rebuttal

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• To ask the king to dissolve the bond between the colonies and British rule

• To tell the king of England and the world that the colonists are dissolving their bonds with British rule

• To end the American Revolution

• To start the Constitution

From what part of the Declaration does this portion come, "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.-"?

• Grievances

• Preamble

• Declaration

• Independence

From what part of the Declaration does this portion come, "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."?

• Declaration

• Independence

• Grievances

• Preamble

From which part of the Declaration does this portion come, "We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved;"?

• Grievances

• Declaration

• Independence

• Preamble

Who were the three Georgian signers of the Declaration of Independence?

• Button Gwinnett

• Austin Dabney

• Lyman Hall

• Elijah Clarke

• George Walton