Declaration of Independence

What are the three unalienable rights that all people have?

• Life - every person has the right to live

• Liberty - the right to be free

• Food - the right to eat what you want

• Pursuit of Happiness - to do what makes you happy as long as its not harming anyone

This type of government means that all people have a chance to be heard.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Potatorship

• Monarchy

In 1776 this person wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Bob Ross

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

Imagine what it would have been like to sign the ___________________, the document by which America declared itself free!

• Unalienable rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Self-evident

• Constitution

• Pursuit of Happiness

In the Declaration of Independence the pursuit of happiness, life, and liberty were considered _____________.

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Self-evident

• Unalienable rights

• Constitution

What famous founding father wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• John Hancock

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

Why didn't George Washington sign the Declaration of Independence?

• He was in Britain

• He didn't want to sign it

• He was fighting the British

• He wasn't asked to

Why do we celebrate Independence Day on July 4th?

• That is the day America won the war.

• That is the day Britain won the war.

• That is the day the Declaration of Independence was started.

• That is the day Congress agreed to the Declaration of Independence.

What was the main point of the Declaration of Independence?

• to say the 13 colonies are free and independent states

• to tell Britain about Thomas Jefferson

• to order takeout

• to Have Britain continue to rule the colonies