America's Founding Documents

Match the synonyms.

• not death

• truth

• not a lie

• equal

• the same

• life

• joy

• self-evident

• obvious

• happiness

Match the antonyms.

• abilities given to you by the law

• rights

• search

• independence

• maker

• liberty

• self-determination

• pursuit

• freedom

• creator

Match the synonyms.

• make

• establish

• future generations

• endowed

• declare

• ordain

• given

• posterity

• can't be taken away

• inalienable

The Bill of Rights are amendments to the __________.

• consent

• representative

• U.S. Constitution

• fundamental

A ______belief in the U.S. is freedom of religion

• consent

• governed

• principle

• democracy

Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

• to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain

• the start the American Revolution

• to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain.

• to instruct how a county wins its freedom.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Present

,

(b) Past

• win

• took

• meet

• take

• understood

• spoke

• met

• understand

• won

• teach

• taught

• speak

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Present

,

(b) Past

• brang

• write

• wrote

• became

• found

• become

• lost

• bring

• find

• lose

• kept

• keep

What were the three purposes of the Declaration of Independence?

• Win foreign allies

• Persuade England to surrender

• Announce the creation of a new country

• Encourage American revolutionary soldiers