Declaration of Independence

rights people are born with

• pursuit of happiness

• just powers

• natural rights

• self-evident

permission of those under the government's rule

• just powers

• self-evident

• pursuit of happiness

• consent of the governed

rights that cannot be taken away

• unalienable rights

• speech rights

• just powers

• consent of the governed

A list of the colonists' complaints.

• Preamble

• Natural Rights

• Grievances

• Resolution of Independence

An introduction explaining why the Declaration is being written.

• Preamble

• Natural Rights

• Grievances

• Resolution of Independence

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

• life.

• liberty.

• the pursuit of happiness.

• all of these

Question 1: The Declaration of Independence was signed & approved on July 4, 1776.

• True

• False

The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that

• detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.
• listed a man's natural rights.
• introduced the Declaration.
• concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.

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 request that taxes were needed in the colonies

• A letter of thanks to the King for his loyalty to the colonies

Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense that urged separation from Britain?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson