Declaration Of Indepence

Question 0

What are these…

1. Imposed tax on us without our consent
2. Forced us to house soldiers in our homes
3. Cut off our trade
4. Stopped us from having our own legislators ( assemblies)

Answer 0

What Jefferson said in declaration of independence were wrongs of King George The third

Question 1

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?

Answer 1

John Locke

Question 2

Who was the person who…

1.Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense, which urged colonist to break away from Britain

Answer 2

Thomas Paine

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson had help from a committee when he wrote the declaration of independence. Who were these people who helped him?

Answer 3

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, and Robert Sherman.

Question 4

The patriots wanted independence, from being ruled from somebody else. What is a synonym of independence?

Answer 4

Freedom

Question 5

” Give me Liberty or give me death!” Who said this?

Answer 5

Patrick Henry

Question 6

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?

Answer 6

1. Common Sense

2. Thomas Paine

Question 7

Who wrote to her husband to “ remember the ladies, and be more favorable of them,” because woman wanted rights too

Answer 7

Abigail Adams

Question 8

One patriot from Massachusetts who argued strongly for independence was…

Answer 8

John Adams

Question 9

Thomas Jefferson said that all people were born with WHAT that cannot be taken away?

Answer 9

rights

Question 10

WHO asked Thomas Jefferson to write the declaration of independence?

Answer 10

Congress

Question 11

What rights did Thomas Jefferson think that all people were born with?

Answer 11

Live, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Question 12

Thomas Jefferson said someone should protect these rights. WHO did Jefferson think should protect these rights?

Answer 12

The government

Question 13

What does Jefferson say that people can do if the government does not protect these rights?

Answer 13

That the people have a right to start a new government

Question 14

What is this part of the declaration?

This explains why the colonist are going to break away from Britain

Answer 14

The introduction

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

Basic right

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Wrongs of the King

Question 17

What is this part of the declaration?

This part declares that the colonies are now free and independent states

Answer 17

The conclusion

Question 18

Delegates knew that signing the declaration was dangerous. Why was signing the declaration so dangerous?

Answer 18

Signing declaration was so dangerous because it was a treason.

Question 19

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?

Answer 19

What Jefferson meant is that all WHITE men are created equal not the woman, native americans and african-americans were created equal.