Declaration of Independence-Part 3

Which person is the best example of someone who demonstrates tyranny?

• a.

  a rebel

• b.

  a dictator

• c.

  a memberd

• d.

  a challenger

If you acquiesce to a plan, what is most likely true?

• a.

  You go along with it despite your reluctance.

• b.

  You see drawbacks to it and want to modify it.

• c.

  You want more time to consider other options.

• d.

  You disagree with it and will not participate.

If you claim that someone’s actions lacked rectitude, how do you think the person most likely behaved?

• a.

  rudely

• b.

  carelessly

• c.

  dishonestly

• d.

  self-importantly

Toward the end of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson writes these words.

… [A]s free and independent states, [the colonies] have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.

Which of the following best indicates how the phrase contract alliances would be expressed in modern English?

• a.

  establish friendly relationships with other nations

• b.

  write business contracts for individuals

• c.

  convince others of Britain’s wrongs

• d.

  conduct battles and wars

In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson accuses Britain of “quartering large bodies of armed troops among us.” Which of the following best defines the word quartering as Jefferson uses it here?

• a.

  providing board for extra charges

• b.

  acting at fifteen-minute intervals

• c.

  housing in assigned dwellings

• d.

  dividing into four equal parts