Declaration of Independence

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

which part of the Declaration of Independence will you find the above statement?

• List of Grievences

• Preamble

• Declaration of Rights

What does unalienable Rights means?

• Rights that are not foreign to us

• Different Rights than what we've had before

• Sacred Rights given by God

• New Rights than what we've had before

What does usurpation mean

• complaints

• overreachng powers

• requests

• mistakes

"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."

Who are "the governed"?

• nations of the world

• Parliament

• the people, or citizens

• the Continental Congress

"they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are..."

What rights does the Declaration say all people should have? CLICK ALL THAT APPLY

• PROPERTY

• LIFE

• LIBERTY

• SAFETY

• PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

The Declaration says it is the right of people to do ALL OF THE FOLLOWING when their government isn't giving them rights EXCEPT...

• Change it

• Overthrow it

• Make a new governmnet

• Forgive it

When does the Declaration say it is necessary to form a new government?

• whenever the people desire a new leader

• only after a a majority vote is taken

• from time to time in history

• only after a long period of continued unfair treatment

The Declaration says that the King of England has acted in a(n) __ manner.

• historical and direct

• secure and direct

• cruel and eppressive

• historical and stately

What are "grievances"?

• complaints

• suggestions

• answers

• feelings

Who did the colonies have grievances against?

• The President

• The King of England

• The New World

• The Legistaure