Declaration of Independence

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Bejamin Franklin

• George Washingon

• Thomas Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Why was this document written?

• The colonists wanted to break free from British control.

• The French told the colonist to write a letter

• They wanted to get out of America

How many people signed the Declaration of Independence?

• 5

• 100

• 50

• 56

The power of government, comes from

• documents

• the military

• the people

Which part of the Declaration of Independence is the introduction that explains separation has become necessary for the American people?

• Declaration

• Grievances

• Big Ideas

• Preamble

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

Thomas Paine published_________________ to gain more people to join the independence movement.

• Common Core
• Common Independence
• Common Sense
• Common Knowledge

What are unalienable rights?

• The rights given to us by aliens
• The rights that we are not given
• The rights you are born with, they cannot be taken away or denied

A person who wished to stay a British colony and supported the King was called a

• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Neutralist
• Kingsman

A person who supported colonial independence from England was called a

• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Neutralist
• Tory