QuestionAnswer
Find the date the Declaration was signedJuly 4, 1776
In what part of the government was the Declaration signIn Congress
What word at the beginning of the Declaration shows that all 13 states agreed with the Declarationunanimous
What doe the Declaration say was necessaryto dissolve the political bands which have connected them together
What three(3) truths were self-evidentthat people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
According to the Declaration, who is government created amonggovernments are created among men
Where do governments get their powerderiving their power from the consent of the governed (the people)
What rights do people have when governments become destructiveit is the right of the people to alter, abolish or change government
Find the words that state how governments should be organizedIn a way that created "safety and happiness"
Under what conditions should governments be changedOnly when necessary-"not to be changed for light or transient causes"
Who was the "despot" that the colonies were complaining aboutKing
What was the King's goal for the coloniesto create an absolute tyranny over the colonies
What word shows that the colonies have put with up with several of the King's wrong doingsrepeated
What did the King do with the laws that were necessary for the public goodhe has refused to follow them
How did the King try to fatigue the colonial legislatureset up legislature meetings very far away and in inconvenient places
Who has appointed judges(and paid their salaries) in the coloniesKing George III
What did the "swarm" of Officers do to the colonist that was not rightharass the colonists
What complaint did colonist have with a standing armythere was not need for a standing army in peace time
What were soldiers protected from with mock trailsmurdering colonist, soldiers were tried in Britain
What was imposed on the colonist without consentTaxes
What was "deprived" from the coloniststhe right to jury trails(trail by jury)
What did the colonists do before this Declaration to try to get the King to stopin every state we have petitioned for redness
What did colonists say the King was "unfit" to be?to be the rulers of a free people
How will England be regarded in war,what about in PeaceEnemies in war, Friends in Power
What does the Declaration say the colonist are absolved fromAbsolved from all Allegiance from the British Crown
What did the colonists Pledge in the is declarationOur lives, our fortune and our sacred honor.
