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Vocab Declaration of Independence

Authored by Carly Cox

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Vocab Declaration of Independence
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which option defines Tyranny?

to end

the name of the english legislature, which is the body of government officials that make laws

a government that abuses its power

money collected by a government for specific facilities or services

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What was the date the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence?

July 4,1776

August 2, 1776

April 18, 1776

December 16, 1773

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

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Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

to start the American Revolution

to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain

to instruct how a country wins it freedom

to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

How do unalienable rights, as described in the Declaration of Independence, differ from other rights?

People are born with unalienable rights and they can't be taken away

people can vote to choose natural rights

natural rights are given only to citizens

Natural Rights come from the government

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Individual rights protected by law from unjust tyrannical governments.

Civil Liberties

Representation

Taxes

Tyranny

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.

Violated

Representation

Consent

Opposed

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