Declaration of Independence

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 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 are the three inalienable rights that all people have?

• Food, Shelter, and Clothing
• Life, Liberty and Death
• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

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.

How could the British have prevented the American Revolution? 

• By forcing King George III to give up the throne  
• By overruling the decisions of the colonial legislatures 
• By increasing taxes on the colonists 
• By allowing colonists to elect representatives to Parliament

The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?

• Love Letter

• Treaty

• Break-up letter

• Constitution

Why were the colonists being taxed so heavily?

• To pay for the French and Indian War

• Because the King felt like it

• Because they wanted a revolution

• They owed a lot of money to China

rights people are born with

• pursuit of happiness

• just powers

• natural rights

• self-evident