WorksheetsDeclaration of Independence
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Aside from Thomas Jefferson, who else was on the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence?
click all that apply
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
George Washington
What overall announcement does Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence make?
The colonists share news of the war with Great Britain.
The colonists refuse to pay unfair taxes to Great Britain.
The colonists declare a separation from Great Britain.
The colonists sign new agreements with Great Britain.
What was the quartering act?
Act that said it was illegal for British soldiers to search your home without a warrant
Act that said the colonists must house British soldiers
Act that allowed the King to tax tea by 25%
An act that made it illegal to draw and quarter tax collectors
April 19, 1775 is a day that will be remembered for the event that signaled the beginning of the Revolutionary War. What event was it?
The Boston Massacre
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Boston Tea Party
The Battles at Lexington and Concord
The ____________Acts were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
Stamp
Intolerable
Tea
Terrible
What are unalienable rights?
Rights the King grants you
Rights you are born with and can't be taken away
the rights listed in the Bill of Rights
Rights listed in the Magna Carta
Idea that government must protect people's rights, and that people choose their elected leaders:
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Limited Government
Divine Right of Kings
Government cannot take these away from people because they are born with them:
Natural Rights
Divine Rights
Limited Rights
Socially Contracted Rights
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Charles Cornwallis
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Type of government that is ruled by a King or Queen
Democracy
Monarchy
Theocracy
Oligarchy
Which legislative body asked Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence?
1st Continental Congress
2nd Continental Congress
3rd Continental Congress
4th Continental Congress
Why was Thomas Jefferson asked to write the Declaration of Independence?
He was wealthy
He was a skilled writer & intelligent
He was a skilled lawyer
He had a good relationship with King George
Which "era" contributed many ideas that would later appear in the Declaration of Independence?
Industrial Revolution
Progressive Era
Enlightenment
Revolutionary Era
The Boston Tea Party was...(select all true answers)
a protest by the Patriots
a protest by the Loyalists
protesting high taxes on tea
a major gathering of politicians to write the Declaration of Independence
Who would mostly likely say, "Our taxes are too high. Why does the King think this is fair? We don't have any say in the British government!"
The Loyalists
The Patriots
What is another word for grievances?
sadnesses
abolishments
lamentations
complaints
The Sons of Liberty led the opposition to British policies in Boston by
sending a list of grievances and demands to Britain
using violence and intimidation to protest taxation
appealing to France to become an ally
attacking Native Americans in Western Massachusetts
