Declaration of Independence

In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• July 4, 1773
• April 19, 1775
• July 2, 1770
• July 4, 1776

Unalienable means

• Rights that cannot be taken away
• independence
• eliminate, extinguish
• A change

One major part of the Declaration of Independence is the Natural Rights of Man that claim...

• “All men are created equal to women”
• That King George III is an unjust King.
• The taxes and laws enforced in the colonies
• The rights that belong to all people from birth

Why did the people set up governments?

•  To protect these Natural rights.  People can change the government if it isn’t protecting them.
• People can change the government if it isn’t protecting them.
•  To protect the colonist from King George III and the British Parliament
•  To abolish these Acts implemented by British Parliament.

The 27 wrongs done to the 13 colonies by the British government was a part in the D.O.I also known as...

• Preamble
• Olive Branch Petition
• List of Grievances
• Announcement of Separation

The British government is called ________.

• militia
• Parliament
• Congress

What are our natural rights according to Jefferson?  (He got the idea from John Locke, but he changed the last right.)

• Freedom of speech, religion, and press
• Life, liberty, and property
• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• Voting, rebelling, and health

Which of the following was a purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• to unite the colonies against Britain
• to list the reasons that justified leaving Britain
• both of these
• neither of these

To Great Britain, the signing of the Declaration of

Independence was

• an act of loyalty.

• an act of treason.

According to the Declaration of Independence,

where do governments derive their power?

• from God

• from the people they govern