Declaration of Independence Review (from Quizlet)

Definition: trying to get something

• PURSUIT

• RIGHT

• CONSENT

• LIBERTY

Definition: easy for anyone to see or figure out; obvious

• Consent

• SELF-EVIDENT

• Abolish

• Relevant

Definition: The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness given to all people by their creator...that cannot/should not be taken away.

• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED

• INDEPENDENCE

• UNALIENABLE RIGHTS

An independent nation that was created in 1776 by the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, but was not recognized by the world until the conclusion of the Revolutionary War in 1783.

• CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED

• GREAT BRITAIN

• SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

to bring to an end; to do away with

• PUNISH

• CONSENT

• DISSOLVE

• ABOLISH

agreement; give permission

• SUASION

• CONSENT

• RIGHT

• GRIEVANCES

to change; modify

• POSE

• ABOLISH

• ALTER

• CONSENT

A 1775 convention of delegates the colonies that created a Continental Army to protect the colonies, sent the Olive Branch Petition to the king desiring peace, and also designed the Declaration of Independence when peace could not be achieved.

• SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

• THOMAS JEFFERSON

• JOHN HANCOCK

President of the Second Continental Congress and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. He signed his name very large so that the king would not miss seeing it.

• JOHN HANCOCK

• GEORGE WASHINGTON

• JOHN ADAMS

• THOMAS JEFFERSON

The list of abuses, or wrongs, in the Declaration of Independence. This list of wrongs included taxation without representation, illegal entry of private homes by soldiers and more.

• Grievances

• Declaration

• Consent

• Unalienable Rights