Which Section of the Declaration?

Match the following excerpts with their sections in the Declaration of Independence.

• "We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States."

• Preamble

• "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."

• List of Grievances

• "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that 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."

• Official Declaration

"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."

• Preamble

• List of Grievances

• Official Declaration

"...that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved"

• Preamble

• List of Grievances

• Official Declaration

"We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace (a)   ."

• Preamble
• List of Grievances
• Official Declaration

"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 new Government"

• Preamble

• List of Grievances

• Official Declaration

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

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:"

• Preamble

• List of Grievances

• Official Declaration

What area of the Declaration of Independence is the Preamble?