answer: 1. what was the date when the declaration was approved?
july 4, 1776
2. in what part of government was the declaration signed?
congress
3. what word is at the beginning of the declaration that shows that all 13 states agreed with the declaration?
unanimous
4. what does the declaration say was "necessary? "
to dissolve the political bands which have connected them together 5.what three truths were "self-evident? "
people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
6. according to the declaration, who is government created among?
"governments are created among men"
7. where do governments get their power?
the people "from the consent of the governed"
8. what rights do people have when governments become destructive?
"it is the right of the people to alter, or change government"
9. find the words that state how governments should be organized.
in a way that creates "safe and happiness"
10. under what conditions should governments be changed?
only when necessary, "not to be changed for light or transient causes"
11. who was the "despot" that the colonies were complaining about?
king george
12. what was the king's goal for the colonies?
to create an absolute tyranny over the colonies
13. what word shows that the colonies have put up with several of the king's wrong doings?
"repeated"
14. what did the king do with the laws that were necessary for the public good?
he refused to follow them
15. how did the king try to "fatigue" the colonial legislatures?
set up meetings very far away and in inconvenient places
16. who has appointed judges (and paid their salaries) in the colonies?
king george
17. what did the "swarm" of officers do to the colonists that was not right?
harassed the colonists
18. what complaint did colonists have with a "standing army? "
there was no need for standing army in peace time
19. what were soldiers protected from with mock trials?
murdering colonists: soldiers were tried in britain
20. what was imposed on the colonists without consent?
taxes
21. what was deprived from the colonists?
the right to jury trials
22. what did the colonists do before this declaration to try to get the king to stop?
"in every state we have petitioned for redress"
23. what did the colonists say the king was unfit to be?
ruler of a free people
24. how will england be regarded in "war? " what about in "peace? "
"enemies in war, friends in peace"
25. what does the declaration say the colonists are absolved from?
"absolved from all allegiance to the british crown"
26. what did the colonists "pledge" in this declaration?
"our lives, our fortune, and our sacred honor"
