Celebrate Freedom Week

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

• To stop taxes from the British Empire.

• To make a United States army.

• To gain independence from the British Empire

• To install their own king in America

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

Why is July 4, 1776 an important date in U.S. history?

• The American Revolution ends with a US victory

• The Declaration of Independence is signed.

• The U.S. Constitution was written and adopted.

• Americans citizens just like to find a reason for fireworks.

What are our unalienable rights according to Jefferson?

• Freedom of speech, religion, and press

• Voting, serving on juries, obeying laws

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• We have the right not to be abducted by aliens.

According to the Declaration of Independence, what truth was "self-evident"?

• All men are created equal

• Rights are given by good kings

• Government exists to protect us from ourselves

• Only a democracy can protect our rights

A legally recognized member of a country

• foreigner

• alien

• visitor

• citizen

The highest law of our land, our written plan of government

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• Code of Conduct

The framer most responsible for writing the U.S. Constitution.

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

The introduction to the U.S. Constitution, which lists the goals of the document, is better known as the

• Preface

• Preamble

• Prologue

• Bibliography

By starting with the words “We the People,” the Preamble to the US Constitution suggests that the

• the US government derives its power from the people of the United States

• The US government derives its power from the people of North America

• The US government derives its power from the people of the world.

• James Madison couldn't think of another way to start the document