Vocab
Given
What is endowed
A political protest in 1773, where American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
What was The Boston Tea Party
27
What are the number of grievances in the Declaration of Independence.
Any person signing the declaration was considered an act of __________.
What is Treason
According to the Declaration of Independence what is the role of the government?
To protect the natural rights of citizens
A complaint
What is a grievance.
Where did the Second Continental Congress take place?
What is Philadelphia, PA
The name of the group of men that signed the Declaration of Independence.
Who was the Second Continental Congress.
What was really implied by All Men are Created Equal?
What is that all white men were created equal
According to Thomas Jefferson, where does the government get its power?
the people
This word mean cannot be taken away
unalienable
Name two groups of men that made up the Continental Army.
Who were volunteers, craftsmen, merchants, poor
The man who said, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death?"
Who was Patrick Henry
This term is used for complaints in the DOI.
What are Grievances
If a government fails to protect people’s fundamental rights, what can the people do?
Alter or abolish it
When something is obvious or clear.
What is "self-evident"
The leader of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington.
The number of parts in the Declaration of Independence.
What is four.
We hold these truths to be self evident means...
What is that these truths are obvious
How do natural rights, as described in the Declaration of Independence, differ from other rights?
People are born with natural rights and they cannot be taken away
Three natural rights stated in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
First signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Hancock
The beginning of the declaration of Independence is called
What is the Preamble
Number of men who signed the Declaration of Independence.
What is 56