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Primary Sources: The Declaration of Independence

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3 Questions
Note from the author:
Read the passage Primary Sources: The Declaration of Independence. Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Primary Sources: The Declaration of Independence. Then answer the questions below.
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1.

What was the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

D2.His.13.6-8
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2.

What historical questions is the Declaration of Independence most helpful in answering? Select two correct answers.

D2.His.3.6-8
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3.

Drag the quotes to the correct box to categorize whether the statements better support the “Right to revolt” or “Colonial complaints”.

  • “He has closed down elected legislatures again and again. He has refused to allow others to be elected.”
  • “There are times when it becomes necessary for one people to end the government ties which have connected them with another, and to take on the power and freedom that are rightfully theirs under nature and God.”
  • “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and losses of our rights.”
  • “He has refused to agree to laws that are necessary for the public good.”
  • “When we are being crushed under a cruel dictator, however, it is our right and duty to rebel.”
  • Right to revolt
  • Colonial complaints
D2.His.16.6-8