Key Vocabulary
This word means freedom from control by another country.
What is Independence?
This thinker believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and property.
➡ Who is John Locke?
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
➡ Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The right to speak your thoughts is called freedom of ______.
➡ What is Speech?
Colonists were angry about paying this without representation.
➡ What are Taxes?
These are complaints listed against King George III.
➡ What are Grievances?
This thinker inspired the idea of separation of powers.
➡ Who is Montesquieu?
The document was signed in this year.
➡ What is 1776?
The right to choose leaders through voting connects to this Enlightenment idea.
➡ What is Popular Sovereignty?
The colonists wanted this in Parliament but did not have it.
➡ What is Representation?
This means cruel and unfair use of power.
➡ What is Tyranny?
Locke believed people could replace a government that failed to protect rights. This idea is called the _______.
➡ What is the Social Contract?
This country the colonies wanted independence from.
➡ What is Great Britain?
Government exists mainly to do this for citizens’ rights.
➡ What is Protect them?
British soldiers were forced to live in colonists’ homes under this act.
➡ What is the Quartering Act?
Rights that cannot be taken away are called these.
Rights that cannot be taken away are called these.
This Enlightenment idea means government power comes from the people.
➡ What is Popular Sovereignty?
The Declaration has three main parts. One is natural rights, one is grievances, and the last is this.
➡ What is the Declaration of Independence (formal break from Britain)?
If government fails the people, citizens have the right to do this.
➡ What is Change or Replace it?
The king refused to approve colonial laws and controlled this system unfairly.
➡ What is the Courts / Justice System?
This idea says government gets its power from the people.
➡ What is Consent of the Governed?
Thomas Jefferson changed Locke’s “property” to this phrase.
➡ What is the Pursuit of Happiness?
This famous opening phrase shows equality.
➡ What is “All men are created equal”?
This system divides government into three branches.
➡ What is Separation of Powers?
This king was blamed for the colonies’ problems.
➡ Who is King George III?