Declaration of Independence

Which of the signers of the Declaration of Independence would later become elected president?

• John Adams and John Hancock

• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

What is the purpose of the following lines from the declaration?

• To justify independence by giving examples of complaints about rights violated by King George and the British government

• To request that taxes were needed in the colonies

• A letter of thanks to the King for his loyalty to the colonies

Which is a part of the Declaration of Independence?

• Preamble

• List of Complaints against the King

• Rights of the People

• Declaration of separation from Britain

• All of these

permission of those under the government's rule

• just powers

• self-evident

• pursuit of happiness

• consent of the governed

rights that cannot be taken away

• unalienable rights

• speech rights

• just powers

• consent of the governed

An introduction explaining why the Declaration is being written.

• Preamble

• Natural Rights

• Grievances

• Resolution of Independence

The natural rights included in the Declaration of Independence are...

• life.

• liberty.

• the pursuit of happiness.

• all of these

The Declaration of Independence was signed & approved on July 4, 1776.

• True

• False

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.

Who wrote The Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson