(Wed 10/30) - Unit 2: Declaration of Independence PRACTICE Test

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The Declaration was based on the ideas of

• Age of Exploration

• Romantic Era

• Enlightenment Era

• Renaissance Era

Why was the Declaration of Independence written? 

• to instruct how a country wins its freedom

• to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain 

• to start the American Revolutionary war

• to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain

According to the Declaration of Independence, governments are established to

• protect the natural rights

• provide a system of checks and balances

• protect the country from invasion

• guarantee voting rights for all citizens

"Among these rights are Life, Liberty & Pursuit of happiness."

Which IDEAL represents these words of the Declaration of Independence

• Equality

• Democracy

• Liberty

"to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

Which IDEAL represents these words of the Declaration of Independence?

• Equality

• Rights

• Opportunity

• Democracy

"They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights."

Which IDEAL represents these words of the Declaration of Independence?

• Liberty

• Opportunity

• Rights

• Democracy

"All men are created equal"

Which IDEAL represents these words of the Declaration of Independence?

• Democracy

• Liberty

• Opportunity

• Equality

Preamble: ".... a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

What are the colonists stating in the Preamble in the UNDERLINED words above?

• When God created people they are to be connected to one another.

• When people choose to separate from their government, they need to explain the reasons.

• 
  When opinions are made to the government mankind should revolt.

• 
  When the government treats people unfairly, they are to listen to their leaders.

"That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government, ..."

What are the colonists saying in the underline words above?

• end the government and create a new one

• seek revenge against the government through war

• create a system of government that is based on the ideas of the ruler

• move to another country that allows a new government to be instituted

What are the main grievances about in the Declaration of Independence?

• forced taxes

  &

  crime

• unfair laws

  &

  property ownership

• forced taxes

  &

  unfair laws

• property ownership

  &

  forced taxes