Declaration Of Independence

rights people are born with

• pursuit of happiness

• just powers

• natural rights

• self-evident

rights that cannot be taken away

• unalienable rights

• natural rights

• just powers

• consent of the governed

can be seen just by looking at it

• self-evident

• just powers

• unalienable rights

• unalienable rights

The natural rights included in the Declaration of Independence are...

• life.

• liberty.

• the pursuit of happiness.

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

• to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain

• the start the American Revolution

• to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain.

• to instruct how a county wins its freedom.

According to Thomas Jefferson, the power to rule comes from

• the governed.

• God

• Parliament.

• the king.

What is the connection between natural rights and government? 

• government is meant to provide services 
• people have the right to alter government 
• people have certain unalienable rights
• government is meant to protect rights

What two acts did the British Parliament make that put very high taxes on paper and sugar?

• Stamp Act and Sugar Act 
• Tea Act and Trade Act
• Cookie Act and Cake Act
• Letter Act and Molasses Act

The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?

• Love Letter

• Treaty

• Break-up letter

• Constitution

What is the purpose of the following lines from the declaration?

"He has dissolved our legislative assemblies"

“ He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies ” “For imposing taxes on us without consent”

“ For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury”

• To justify independence by giving examples of complaints about rights violated by King George and the British government

• To give examples of complaints against the American government, asking King George III to fix them

• To request that the king protect certain rights and complain about rights that colonists didn't have