Declaration Flashcards
Who wrote Common sense the Pamphlet
Hint: He later wrote the words “these are the times that try mens souls”
Thomas Paine
which famous people were in the committee for writing the declaration of Independance
Benjamin Franklin and Sam Adams
The Founders of our country were influenced by which person
a) The French
b) Women in the war
c) John Locke
C) John Locke
In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote many wrongs of the king including….
1) He has imposed taxes on the colonists without there consent
2) He has forced the colonists to care for soldiers and bring them in there houses
3) He Had cut off the colonists trade from the rest of the world
4) He also stopped the colonists from having there own assemblies and meetings
What did Abigail Adams write to her husband
“remember the ladies and be and be more favorable to them”
Recite the First Section of the Declaration of Independance
“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 are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men deriving there 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 abolish it. and to institute new government, laying it’s foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect there safety and hppiness