DEFINITIONS
Being free to make your own choices and not being controlled by somebody else.
What is independence?
Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
What are natural/basic rights?
A paper that declared America's freedom from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Author of Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
What are unalienable rights?
47-page pamphlet that inspired the Declaration of Independence.
What is Common Sense?
Natives, Africans, and Women
What groups were not included in the Declaration of Independence?
Governments main job.
What is to protect basic/natural rights of the people?
These types of rights come from birth.
What are natural rights?
This group holds the power in a government.
Who are the people?
4 main ideas of the Declaration of Independence.
What are:
1. Natural Rights
2. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
3. Government and Power
4. Complaints about the King