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Use the copy of the Declaration of Independence provided to you and your knowledge to answer the questions.
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The writers of the Declaration of Independence mention both safety and rights in the document. Do you believe that they were more concerned about safety or about rights? Use a quote from the document to back up your assertion

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Take one of the list of wrongs that Britain had done to the colonies and give a piece of supporting evidence that would agree with that fact. (you should write out the wrong done from the Declaration and then you should find a specific law, event or fact that supports Jefferson's assertion that the British actually did this)

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What was the name of the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence and why is his signing famous? (this is a bonus)

The first paragraph is called the Preamble. Which of these is the best explanation of that paragraph?
It lists all of the reasons that the colonists are leaving Britain
It calls King George a tyrant and claims that people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
It says that if people are going to separate from their country, they should at least explain the reasons
It gives the names of the all the people who support independence
"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.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"

According to this quote, when is it ok to create a new government?
When the old government passes laws that we don't like
When the old government does not protect our rights
When the old government taxes its people a lot
When the old government does not make good decisions
Within the Declaration of Independence, what does the assertion ‘all men are created equal’ primarily symbolize?
Natural rights
Right to vote for every person
Abolition of slavery
Equality between men and women
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
According to the Declaration of Independence, who gives people their inalienable rights?
Their ancestors
Their Creator
The government
Their peers
What was the main complaint against the King in the Declaration of Independence?
He forced religious conversions
He abolished slavery
He denied voting rights for women
He imposed taxes without consent
Which of these ideas in the Declaration of Independence shows the idea of a social contract?
“it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government and to provide new Guards for their future security”
“whenever government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it”
“to secure these rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”
All of the above
Which of these ideas shows the influence of Deism on the enlightenment thinkers who wrote the Declaration?
"the laws of nature and nature’s God”
“evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism”
“the history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations”
All of the above
What enlightenment thinker came up with many of the ideas included in the Declaration of Independence?
King George III
Montesquieu
Locke
Voltaire
According to the Declaration, what is the purpose of government?
To help people make good decisions about their money
To protect the natural rights of its citizens
To create laws that give everyone an equal playing field
To fight for democracy
In the reason "For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us", what is the meaning of the word quartering?
Dividing
Cutting up into quarters
Housing
Pulling apart by horses
What date was the Declaration of Independence finally approved?
August 21, 1978
July 4, 1776
July 2, 1812
January 6, 1801
In which of these reasons for declaring independence is it being argued that the king has taken away the people’s natural right to govern themselves?
“He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions”
“He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws
“For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws and altering fundamentally the form of our government”
All of the above
The main point of the declaration is to get the English people to support a better way of living for their cousins in America.
True
False
What does the phrase 'consent of the governed' in the Declaration represent?
Anarchy
Autocracy
People's power to establish their own government
Absolute monarchy
How does the Declaration justify the colonies' breaking apart from Britain?
Complaining about British weather
Describing the superiority of American leadership
By expressing dissatisfaction over living conditions
By listing King George III's tyrannical acts