founding documents

What does DECLARE mean?

• to state

• to announce

• to assert

• to proclaim

What does INDEPENDENCE mean?

• sovereignty

• freedom

• self-rule

• reliance

When the 13 colonies DECLARED their INDEPENDENCE from Great Britain, what were they doing?

• claiming to be "Free and Independent States"

• "breaking up" with the mother country

• absolving "all Allegiance to the British Crown"

• dissolving "all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain"

In a FEDERATION, power lies with the federal government. Where is the power in a CONFEDERATION?

• federal government

• state governments

• individual people

Under the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. government had _________________ power than it does under the Constitution.

Under the Articles of Confederation, The U.S. government had ONE branch of government. Which one?

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

In the United States, the LEGISLATIVE branch of government is also known as __________________.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. government could ______________ laws, but it could NOT enforce them or settle disagreements about how they should be applied.

The RIGHTS in the Bill of Rights are also mentioned in the Declaration of Independence. According to the founding fathers, these rights come from _________________________.

In the Declaration of Independence, our rights are described as INALIENABLE. What does this mean?

• they are awesome

• they can't be given away

• they can't be taken away