SS.7.CG.1.6

The passage is from a historical document.

Which document contains this passage?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• English Bill of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the relationship between government and the rights of the people?

• The people do not have rights unless they are officially granted by the government.

• The government derives its power from the people and exists to protect people's rights.

• The government must limit people's rights in order to govern effectively.

• The people have unlimited rights that cannot be denied by the government.

The excerpt is from the Declaration of Independence.

What is the main idea of this excerpt?

• Complicated systems of government are required to promote equality.

• People have natural rights that cannot be denied by any government.

• Only citizens can enjoy the rights guaranteed by a government.

• Government endowments must be distributed equally among men.

The diagram is based on John Locke's ideas about the relationship between the people and their government.

What is the best title for this diagram?

• Bill of Rights

• Natural Rights

• Separation of Powers

• Social Contract

Which statement from the Declaration of Independence best illustrates the purpose of the document?

• ". . . it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another . . ."

• "He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people."

• ". . . to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them . . ."

• ". . . 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."

Which complaint, listed in the Declaration of Independence, was a response to the the Navigation Acts and British mercantilist policies?

• "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"

• "For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us"

• "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury"

• "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"

In 1768, John Hancock was put on trial for smuggling. His was tried in a vice admiralty court, which did not have a jury and lacked many protections for the accused. Situations such as this led to the inclusion of which complaint in the Declaration of Independence?

• "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury"

• "For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province"

• "He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices"

• "He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant"