1-3 Declaration of Independence

Section of the Declaration of Independence that outlines a general philosophy of government that makes revolution justifiable.

• Preamble

• Denunciation

• Indictment

• Conclusion

The idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and lawful only when consented, or agreed to, by the people over which that political power is exercised

• Consent to the governed

• Natural Rights

• Preamble

• Conclusion

A bill of particulars in the Declaration of Independence documenting the king’s “repeated injuries and usurpations” of the Americans’ rights and liberties.

• Preamble

• Denunciation

• Indictment

• Conclusion

Section of the Declaration of Independence that finishes the case for independence and conditions that justified revolution have been shown.

• Preamble

• Denunciation

• Indictment

• Conclusion

1. Primary writer of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• John Hancock

King of England at the time the Declaration of Independence was written

• King James II

• King John I

• King George III

• King Charles II

Something that is obvious and hard to disagree with

• Natural Rights

• Assumption

• Self-Evident

• Grievances

the right to enjoy life, to enjoy liberty, and to pursue happiness are _______.

• Grievances

• Deniable Rights

• Self-Evident

• Unalienable Rights

Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to _______.

• Declare War

• Alter or abolish it

• Alter

• Overthrow

​ (a)   hold these ​ (b)   to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with ​ (c)   unalienable Rights, that ​ (d)   these are Life, ​ (e)   and the pursuit of Happiness.-

• We
• truths
• certain
• among
• Liberty
• rights
• upon
• lies