5th 6th Social Studies UIL- Declaration of Independence Info

author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Edison
• George Washington
• Ben Franklin

Approved the creation of a Continental Army and the Declaration of Independence.

• 2nd Continental Congress
• 1st Continental Congress
• 3rd Continental Congress
• 4th Continental Congress

a complaint or resentment, as against an unjust or unfair act

• Common Sense
• grievence
• tyranny
• pursuit

means a natural right that everybody gets from birth that cannot be taken away

• tyranny
• unalienable rights
• Charter of Rights
• civil rights

the 3 Unalienable Rights that were listed in the Declaration that all humans receive from birth

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
• Liberty, Freedom to Drive, Voting
• Life, Choice of Jobs, Freedom to Sleep Late
• Pursuit of  Money, Liberty, Laws

Declaration of Independence

• July 4, 1776
• July 14, 1783
• June 30, 1774
• December 14, 1775

a person chosen or elected to vote or act for others; a representative

• delegate
• grievence
• consumer
• dependent

to be free from control or support

• independence
• dependent
• delegate
• indefensible

permission, approve, or agree

• quartering
• tyranny
• consent
• justice

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, a cruel or harsh act

• plebian
• democracy
• bureaucracy
• tyranny