Declaration of Independence

Aside from Thomas Jefferson, who else was on the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence?

click all that apply

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Roger Sherman

• George Washington

What overall announcement does Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence make?

• The colonists share news of the war with Great Britain.

• The colonists refuse to pay unfair taxes to Great Britain.

• The colonists declare a separation from Great Britain.

• The colonists sign new agreements with Great Britain.

What was the quartering act?

• Act that said it was illegal for British soldiers to search your home without a warrant

• Act that said the colonists must house British soldiers

• Act that allowed the King to tax tea by 25%

• An act that made it illegal to draw and quarter tax collectors

April 19, 1775 is a day that will be remembered for the event that signaled the beginning of the Revolutionary War. What event was it?

• The Boston Massacre

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Battles at Lexington and Concord

The ____________Acts were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

• Stamp

• Intolerable

• Tea

• Terrible

What are unalienable rights?

• Rights the King grants you

• Rights you are born with and can't be taken away

• the rights listed in the Bill of Rights

• Rights listed in the Magna Carta

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

• He was not born in Great Britain.
• He denied the colonists their rights.
• He was not elected by Parliament.
• He lived far away from the colonies.

According to Jefferson, the power to rule comes from

• God.
• the king.
• Parliament.
• the citizens.

To Great Britain, the signing of the Declaration of Independence was

• an act of loyalty.
• an act of treason.
• an act of bravery.
• an act of insanity.

Idea that government must protect people's rights, and that people choose their elected leaders:

• Natural Rights

• Social Contract

• Limited Government

• Divine Right of Kings