Declaration and Northwest Ordinance
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Declaration of Independence and Northwest Ordinance
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What is a purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
What is a purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
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Which were governing precedents set by the Northwest Ordinance?
Which were governing precedents set by the Northwest Ordinance?
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Match the terms and descriptions
Match the terms and descriptions
- Established the philosophies of Natural Rights and Social Contract in the United States
- Governed the new territories of Ohio, Indiana, MIchigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
- Eventually the ideas from this document influenced the Constitution in how to add states and later how to deal with Slavery
- This document has no legal standing, but in many ways describes why the US was different from the European nations
- Declaration of Independence
- Northwest Ordinance
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"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."
When Thomas Jefferson was quoting Enlightenment thinkers in this passage, how did he break with the view that the British may have had of the colonies?
"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."
When Thomas Jefferson was quoting Enlightenment thinkers in this passage, how did he break with the view that the British may have had of the colonies?