History 3.3

Question 1

Quote 1: “Vigorous measures appear to the the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country…” -King George III

Quote 2: “In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.” -Declaration of Independence

Theses quotations show that King George and the colonists had different ideas about-

Answer 1

when the colonies are justified in fighting for independence

Question 2

“We have boasted the protection of great britain without considering that her motive was interest, not attachment to the colonies; that she did not protect us from our enemies on our account but from her enemies on her account…
I challenge the warmest advocate for reconcilliation, to show a single advantage that this continent can reap, by being connected with Great Britain. I repeat the challenge; not a single advantage is derived.” -Thomas Paine

Which group of North Americans would have most likely supported the message of this excerpt?

Answer 2

British colonists in eastern Ohio

Question 3

The words life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence are based on John Locke’s ideas about which principle of government

Answer 3

natural rights

Question 4

According to John Locke, all people are entitled to certain things simply because they are human. John Locke referred to these things as

Answer 4

natural rights

Question 5

“He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thiher…” -Declaration of Independence

What does this deleted clause reveal about Thomas Jefferson?

Answer 5

Jefferson believed that slave trade was immoral

Question 6

Why was it risky for the leaders of Virginia to declare independence from Great Britain?

Answer 6

If unsuccessful, the leaders would be punished by Great Britain as traitors

Question 7

According to the Declaration of Independence, people have the right to create a new government when the government

Answer 7

interferes with people’s rights

Question 8

What did the authors of the Declaration of Independence hope to achieve by publishing the document?

Answer 8

to get recognition and support from the international community

Question 9

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 9

Thomas Jefferson

Question 10

Who was a British philosopher born in 1632 that inspired many ideas in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 10

John Locke

Question 11

After which battle did King George officially declare all the colonies to be in a state of rebellion?

Answer 11

Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 12

What did Paine’s Common Sense convince the colonists?

Answer 12

They would have to rid themselves of British rule if they want a republican government

Question 13

Common sense argued for an idea known as the rule of law which is

Answer 13

people who work for the government have only the powers that the laws give them

Question 14

_________ appointed a committee to write a formal declaration that would announce the world the colonists argument for independence. The president was ________

Answer 14

Second Continental Congress, John Hancock

Question 15

For Locke, a ____________ was the basic agreement by the people to accept the rule of government, and the government should defend the people’s rights.

Answer 15

social contract

Question 16

Independence announces the document’s purpose. It states that it will explain why the American colonies decided to separate from Great Britain.

Answer 16

introduction

Question 17

sets forth the colonists’ beliefs about the purpose of government. It also explains the goals of the new nation.

Answer 17

preamble

Question 18

why colonists thought they were right in declaring independence. Then, it supports these arguments with a list of what the king has done wrong.

Answer 18

list of grievances

Question 19

ends the union between Britain and the colonies. It declares independence for the new country, the United States of America. Finally, the signers pledge their loyalty to each other.

Answer 19

resolution

Question 20

According to the Declaration, three facts are self-evident:

Answer 20

all men are created equal
all men have been given right by their Creator and cannot be taken away
the purpose of the government is to protect each person’s rights

Question 21

The government’s right to rule comes from

Answer 21

the people

Question 22

The Declaration also said the colonists had appealed to the king and the British people for _________ and ______________. But were denied, they had done all they could do now they would go their own way was free independent states

Answer 22

justice, friendship

Question 23

The young nation also sought to gain support from other __________for its decision to declare independence. It desperately needed help in fighting a war against _________.

Answer 23

countries, Great Britain

Question 24

In July of 1776, the statement that “all men are created equal” ___________ apply to many groups of Americans._____________ were referred to as “merciless savages” in the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 24

did not, African Americans