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Facts
100
From God all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of property.
Who is John Locke?
100
Cannot be taken away
What is unalienable?
100
The amount of men who signed the Declaration of Independence.
What is 56?
100
People form an agreement with government in which they give the government power and agree to live by the rules.
What is a social contract?
100
Oldest signer of the Declaration, at the age of 70.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
First to sign the Declaration of Independence in defiance of the King of Britain.
Who is John Hancock?
200
Obvious, clear to understand
What is evident?
200
Introduces why the colonists think that if the government doesn't protect their rights. they have the right to rebel.
What is the Preamble?
200
Time period known for reason and logic when learning to make the world a better place.
What is the "Enlightenment"?
200
Amount of grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What is 27?
300
Best known for his ideas about separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
300
Search, quest, striving, goal, aim, objective
What is pursuit?
300
The colonists declare their independence, in this section the United States of America is born.
What is the Resolution of Independence?
300
Stopping any one part of the government from having too much power.
What is separation of powers?
300
First word of the Declaration of Independence
What is "When"?
400
Main author of the Declaration of Independence and one of its signers.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
Protected from danger, safe
What is secure?
400
Lists the rights that all men have. The colonists explain the rights of people and the role of government power.
What is Natural Rights?
400
Power should be distributed into three branches.
What are Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?
400
The original Declaration of Independence no longer exists, the copy of this document is kept here.
What is the National Archives Building in Washington D.C.?
500
"We must all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang separately"
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
To give permission or approval for something to happen
What is consent?
500
The longest part of the Declaration of Independence, lists all the complaints the people had against the British government, specifically the King.
What are the Grievances?
500
Men who were creating governments, writing constitutions, and establishing rights
Who were the Founding Fathers?
500
Two signers of the Declaration of Independence who later became President of the United States?
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams?