America's Founding Documents

Match the synonyms.

• obvious

• truth

• not death

• self-evident

• joy

• life

• the same

• happiness

• not a lie

• equal

Match the antonyms.

• maker

• independence

• freedom

• rights

• abilities given to you by the law

• creator

• self-determination

• liberty

• search

• pursuit

Match the synonyms.

• future generations

• inalienable

• given

• posterity

• make

• establish

• can't be taken away

• endowed

• declare

• ordain

The Bill of Rights are amendments to the __________.

• consent

• representative

• U.S. Constitution

• fundamental

A ______belief in the U.S. is freedom of religion

• consent

• governed

• principle

• democracy

Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

• to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain

• the start the American Revolution

• to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain.

• to instruct how a county wins its freedom.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Present

,

(b) Past

• win

• understood

• taught

• met

• speak

• won

• take

• understand

• took

• teach

• spoke

• meet

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Present

,

(b) Past

• found

• lose

• lost

• became

• write

• become

• keep

• find

• brang

• bring

• wrote

• kept

What were the three purposes of the Declaration of Independence?

• Win foreign allies

• Persuade England to surrender

• Announce the creation of a new country

• Encourage American revolutionary soldiers