Declaration of Independence

​ ​ ​ (a)   wrote the pamphlet that argued in clear, logical language that the colonies should break with Britain. It is called ​ (b)   ​

• Thomas Paine
• Common Sense.
• Preamble
• John Lock

The Declaration of Independence was signed on __ by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state.

• December 25, 1925

• June 16, 2002

• July 4, 1776

• September 12, 1771

The idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property

• grievence

• Natural Rights

• 2nd Coninental Congress

• tyranny

​ (a)   is the English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights.

• John Locke
• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• delegate

• Loyalists

What does the following mean:

"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."

• There are some rights that everyone has, which rulers can't take away

• There are rights that people have. But they are given to the people that the rulers choose based on where they live.

What does the following mean:

"No taxation without representation"

• Colonists did not want to be taxed if they did not have a representative in Britain's Parliament

• Colonists felt the Britain's taxes were fair.

George Washington is the author of the Declaration of Independence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Thomas Jefferson is the author of the Declaration of Independence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Match the following

• Introduction and preamble- states goals of government

• Part 4 of the Declaration of Independence

• Declares the USA officially separate from Great Britain and a free, independent nation.

• Part 2 of the Declaration of Independence

• the body- lists 27 complaints against the King & Parliament & that reconciliation had been tried

• Part 1 of the Declaration of Independence

• Signatures

• Part 3 of the Declaration of Independence