Declaring Independence

What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition?

• to ask King George to make peace with the colonies.

• to persuade British troops to leave Boston.

• to encourage colonists to join the army.

• to convince Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act.

Why did Thomas Jefferson say that King George III was an unfit ruler?

• He denied the colonists their rights.

• He was not born in Great Britain

• He was not elected by Parliament

• He lived far away from the colonies.

What did the Colonists do after the Stamp Act?

• Boycott British goods

• Made their own goods

• Decided they didn't need goods

• Stopped paying all of their taxes

What are unalienable rights?

• Rights that government cannot take away.

• Rights that government takes away.

• rights for aliens.

• Government is needed to promote equality.

Forced colonists to give shelter (house) to British soldiers

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

• Quartering Act

• Housing Act

According to the Declaration,  what causes a government to be just? 

• powerful institutions
• a Bill of Rights 
• ease of altering 
• Consent of the people being governed

Which came first?

• the beginning of the American Revolution
• the Declaration of Independence

From whom did the signers of the Declaration of Independence receive their authority to declare independence? 

• From the King of England
• From the European nations. 
• From the people of the American colonies.
• They needed no authority.

The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?

• Love Letter

• Treaty

• Break-up letter

• Constitution

The ______________ was the final attempt by the Continental Congress to avoid war with Great Britain.

• Olive Branch Petition

• Intolerable Acts

• Boycotting of goods

• Capture of Fort Ticonderoga