The Declaration

The Declaration says that the US deserves a station that is ________ and ________ Britain's.

• equal to, more powerful than

• separate from, more powerful than

• separate from, equal to

• separate from, unequal to

According to the Declaration, from where does the government get its power?

• the military

• the will of the people

• god

• tradition

When the colonists said they were going to dissolve their political bands with Britain, they meant that they were going to ________ these bands.

• End

• Traitor

• Strengthen

• Declare

• Make sacred

Which of the following is a truth that the Declaration holds to be self-evident?

• The only god is the Judeo-Christian god.

• God and nature should be merged as one.

• The government grants unalienable rights to the people

• All men are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.

Thomas Jefferson was selected to write the Declaration of Independence by ________.

• Virginia's state government

• the Second Continental Congress

• John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• King George

Even though the Declaration says, "all men are created equal," which of the following groups still fought for rights after it was written?

• women

• Native Americans

• slaves

• All of the above.

Which 17th century Enlightenment philosophers inspired the ideas in the Declaration?

• John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Jefferson and George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson and King George

• John Locke and Thomas Jefferson

According to the Declaration, why did the colonists list all their reasons for breaking from Britain?

• The Law of Nature said that they had to.

• The Declaration does not say why they did this.

• It was the right thing to do.

• Britain asked for a list of reasons.

Why didn't King George III agree to the colonists' demands?

• He wanted to help but his hands were tied

• He did do what they asked, but they were never satisfied

• He needed the tax monies from the colonists to fight other wars

• He thought the members of the First Continental Congress were traitors

True or False: the Declaration of Independence actually names the new country of the United States of America.

• True

• False