Celebrating Freedom

Study the diagram, what should go in the center box of the web?

• Purposes of the Mayflower Compact

• Purposes of the Articles of Confederation

• Purposes of the United States Constitution

• Purposes of the Declaration of Independence

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

• To explain the rights of the people

• To explain how the government can become more powerful.

• To complain about the government

• To create the government.

True of False: A newspaper company can write complaints about the government with freedom of press.

• True

• False

What is the cause of the Declaration of Independence being written?

• Declared independence from Mexico

• The colonists declared independence from Great Britain

• Includes the three branches of government

• Includes directions on establishing trade deals

Study the diagram. What should go in the empty circle?

• Bill of Rights

• US Constitution

• Star Spangled Banner

• Texas Consitution

What does "establish justice" mean?

• to train a standing army

• to establish a system of money

• to fund local police departments

• to create fair and equitable laws

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, . . . -Declaration of Independence, 1776 What is the best meaning for the statement that we are "endowed" with our rights?

• limited

• born with

• not allowed

• happy

How many parts are there in the Declaration of Independence?

• 4

• 1

• 3

• 6

True or false: The Bill of Rights are the rights the government protects.

• True

• False

What right is expressed in the photo?

• freedom of speech

• freedom of press

• freedom of assembly

• freedom of religion