Declaration of Independence

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What was the date the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence?

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July 4, 1776

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Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?

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John Locke

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According to the Declaration of Independence who institutes or creates governments?

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The People

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To Great Britain, the signing of the Declaration of Independence was

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an act of treason.

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Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Which argument most logically follows from Jefferson's expressed ideas in the Declaration of Independence? Options: The rights of men should be supported over those of women. Monarchy is a bad form of government because rulers are not elected. All forms of government destroy human rights and should be abandoned. Any form of government that suppresses people's freedoms should be overthrown.

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Any form of government that suppresses people's freedoms should be overthrown.

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Which person is the best example of someone who demonstrates tyranny? Options: a rebel, a dictator, a member, a challenger

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a dictator

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Which quotation from the Declaration of Independence best supports the main purpose of a nation's government? Options: 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...; ...[To] secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...; ...[G]overnments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.; ...[A]s free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.

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...[To] secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...

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What is the definition of "unalienable?"

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impossible to take away or give up

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What is the main idea of the Declaration of Independence?

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The colonies are justified in rejecting British rule