Declaration Of Indepence Flashcards
What are these…
- Imposed tax on us without our consent
- Forced us to house soldiers in our homes
- Cut off our trade
- Stopped us from having our own legislators ( assemblies)
What Jefferson said in declaration of independence were wrongs of King George The third
The founders of our country were influenced by a writer who wrote about natural rights, and how the government should protect our rights, who wrote this?
John Locke
Who was the person who…
1.Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense, which urged colonist to break away from Britain
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson had help from a committee when he wrote the declaration of independence. Who were these people who helped him?
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, and Robert Sherman.
The patriots wanted independence, from being ruled from somebody else. What is a synonym of independence?
Freedom
” Give me Liberty or give me death!” Who said this?
Patrick Henry
A pamphlet said:
1. King George treated colonist unfairly
2. The only way to stop this is to gain independence from Britain
What was this pamphlet called?
Who wrote this pamphlet?
- Common Sense
2. Thomas Paine
Who wrote to her husband to “ remember the ladies, and be more favorable of them,” because woman wanted rights too
Abigail Adams
One patriot from Massachusetts who argued strongly for independence was…
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson said that all people were born with WHAT that cannot be taken away?
rights
WHO asked Thomas Jefferson to write the declaration of independence?
Congress
What rights did Thomas Jefferson think that all people were born with?
Live, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Thomas Jefferson said someone should protect these rights. WHO did Jefferson think should protect these rights?
The government
What does Jefferson say that people can do if the government does not protect these rights?
That the people have a right to start a new government
What is this part of the declaration?
This explains why the colonist are going to break away from Britain
The introduction
What is this part of the declaration?
This section says that people have rights they cannot be taken away, and that all men are created equal.
Basic right
What is this part of the declaration?
This section has a long list of complaints about bad things that King has done to the colonist
Wrongs of the King
What is this part of the declaration?
This part declares that the colonies are now free and independent states
The conclusion
Delegates knew that signing the declaration was dangerous. Why was signing the declaration so dangerous?
Signing declaration was so dangerous because it was a treason.
Woman, Native Americans, and African-Americans were still not equal even though the declaration of independence said that all men are created equal. Why was this so?
What Jefferson meant is that all WHITE men are created equal not the woman, native americans and african-americans were created equal.
