Declaration of Indep & Bill of Rights

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

In what year was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• 1775

• 1776

• 1777

• 1778

What's another meaning of ruled by the people?

• Consent of the party

• Consent of the Governed

• Consent of ALL

• Consent given

Which city hosted the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

• New York

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Washington D.C.

The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that

• detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.

• listed a man's natural rights.

• introduced the Declaration.

• concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.

What document told England that the United States of America was their own independent country?

• Magna Carta

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

Does the city’s handgun ban violate the resident's Second Amendment rights?​

• YES
• Well maybe if someone is killed
• NO

Fill in the missing word from the "Declaration of Independence".

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created _________, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

• self-evident

• equal

• endowed

• unalienable

Limited Government mean that (a)   is above the law.

What are the unalienable right that the colonist speak of?

• love, live, laugh

• Life, Liberty, and the passive way of life

• Life, Love, Pursuit of Happiness

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness