DECLARATION BASICS
RIGHTS & EQUALITY
GOVERNMENT & POWER
GRIEVANCES
VOCABULARY VAULT
INDEPENDENCE BIG PICTURE
FINAL JEOPARDY THE DECLARATIONS ARGUMENT
TIEBREAKER CLOSEST COMPLETE ANSWER WINS
100
This group officially adopted the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Continental Congress?
100
Name the three natural rights listed in the Declaration.
What are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness?
100
This phrase means government gets its rightful power from the people it governs.
What is consent of the governed?
100
This word means a formal complaint or statement of what is wrong.
What is a grievance?
100
This natural right means freedom from unfair control.
What is liberty?
100
This part of the Declaration formally declares the colonies free and independent states.
What is the Resolution of Independence?
100
Explain how the Declaration moves from ideas about RIGHTS to a final decision for INDEPENDENCE.
Use at least TWO details from the lesson.
People have natural rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Government is created to protect those rights and gets power from the consent of the governed.
The grievances show that the colonists believed King George III repeatedly violated those rights.
Therefore, the colonies declared themselves Free and Independent States.
100
Why does the Declaration include a list of grievances? Give ONE accurate example of a grievance.
The grievances show repeated abuses of power and violations of colonial rights. Examples include taxes without consent, denial of trial by jury, quartering troops, restricting trade, or dissolving representative houses.
200
This Virginian drafted the Declaration for Congress.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
These are rights people have simply because they are human.
What are natural rights?
200
In plain language, “Governments are instituted among Men” means this.
What is people create governments?
200
Housing soldiers among civilians is called this.
What is quartering?
200
This word means to give up or surrender something.
What is relinquish?
200
As free and independent states, the colonies claimed the power to do these two things in war and diplomacy.
What are make war and make peace?
300
The Declaration was adopted on this date.
What is July 4, 1776?
300
In student-friendly language, this phrase means people are born with equal basic human worth and rights.
What is “created equal”?
300
According to the Declaration, rightful government power comes from this source, not from a king alone.
What is the people / the governed?
300
Being denied trial by jury belongs to this grievance category.
What is Justice / Rights?
300
This word means an unjust use or taking of power.
What is usurpation?
300
“Free and Independent States” means Great Britain would no longer do this.
What is rule the colonies?
400
This opening part explains why the colonies believed separation was necessary.
What is the Preamble?
400
According to the Declaration, governments are created mainly to do this.
What is protect the rights of the people?
400
DAILY DOUBLE: This formal request asks the government to correct a wrong.
What is a petition for redress?
400
Restricting trade with other parts of the world belongs to this grievance category.
What is Taxes / Trade?
400
This term names the final declaration that the colonies are free and independent states.
What is the Resolution of Independence?
400
The long list of grievances was included mainly to prove this about British rule.
What is that Britain repeatedly abused power and violated colonial rights?
500
Put the packet's memory chain in order: WHY SEPARATE? -->
What are NATURAL RIGHTS-->GRIEVANCES-->INDEPENDENCE?
500
When a government repeatedly destroys people’s rights, the Declaration says the people may do these two things to it.
What are alter or abolish it?
500
This word means unlimited or oppressive government power.
What is despotism?
500
DAILY DOUBLE: The king dissolved representative houses when they opposed him. This belongs to this grievance category.
What is Government?
500
This right means the right to seek a meaningful life.
What is the pursuit of Happiness?
500
Complete the argument: People have rights → government should protect rights → grievances show repeated violations → ______.
What is independence / separation from Great Britain?