SS.7.CG.1.6: The Declaration of Independence

What was the purpose of the Declaratory Act passed by Parliament?

• To allow officials to search homes and businesses

• To state that Parliament can tax the colonies and make all decisions for them

• To hurt the business of colonial tea merchants

• To organize a boycott of British goods

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What action did the First Continental Congress take in response to British policies?

• Adopted the Declaration of Independence

• Passed the Coercive Acts

• Expressed loyalty to Britain and demanded respect for colonists' rights

• Carried out the Boston Tea Party

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What was the result of the colonists' resistance to the Tea Act?

• Parliament repealed all duties except for a tax on tea

• The Boston Tea Party was carried out

• The First Continental Congress was organized

• The Second Continental Congress acted as the central government for colonies

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What significant event occurred on July 4, 1776, during the Second Continental Congress?

• The Coercive Acts were passed

• The Boston Tea Party took place

• The Declaration of Independence was adopted

• The First Continental Congress met again

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Who was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke

• The Congress

• Thomas Jefferson

• The Committee

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What ideas influenced Thomas Jefferson while drafting the Declaration of Independence?

• Ideas about the social contract between government and the people

• Ideas about the monarchy's divine right to rule

• Ideas about parliamentary supremacy

• Ideas about economic independence

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What are the "unalienable Rights" that all men are endowed with by their Creator?

• Wealth, Health, and Property

• Honor, Duty, and Service

• Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness

• Education, Employment, and Freedom of Speech

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What does Thomas Jefferson emphasize about all men in the Declaration of Independence?

• All men are created equal with different rights

• All men are created equal with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• All men are created to follow the government without question

• All men are created to serve the state and its interests

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What did John Locke believe was necessary if a government failed to protect the people's rights?

• The government should be given more power

• The people should pay higher taxes

• The social contract was broken and the people could choose new leaders

• The government should enforce stricter laws

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What role did the concept of 'natural rights' play in the Declaration of Independence?

• It was mentioned as a reason for the colonies' economic struggles

• It was used to justify the abolition of slavery

• It was central to the argument for the colonies' right to revolt

• It was dismissed in favor of parliamentary sovereignty

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