America's Founding Documents

Match the synonyms.

• not death

• equal

• not a lie

• self-evident

• joy

• truth

• obvious

• happiness

• the same

• life

Match the antonyms.

• abilities given to you by the law

• pursuit

• self-determination

• rights

• search

• independence

• freedom

• liberty

• maker

• creator

Match the synonyms.

• make

• ordain

• can't be taken away

• inalienable

• future generations

• endowed

• given

• posterity

• declare

• establish

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

• speak

• met

• understand

• taught

• take

• spoke

• win

• took

• understood

• meet

• won

• teach

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Present

,

(b) Past

• bring

• lose

• find

• keep

• brang

• become

• became

• wrote

• found

• kept

• lost

• write

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