The Declaration
Jefferson's main idea of the Declaration
What is the American people are justified rejecting British rule and setting up their own government
Why The Bill of Rights was considered necessary to add to The Constitution
What is to protect the people from abuses of power by the government?
Appeal to logic
What is logos?
Oppressive power; a dictator
What is tyranny?
Constitution: 3 types of rights covered by The Bill of Rights
What is 1.) individual freedoms; 2.) legal freedoms; and 3.) "just covering our bases" freedoms?
Jefferson's general attitude toward revolution
What is a last resort?
Main purpose of The Bill of Rights
What is limit the powers of the government?
Appeal to emotions
Accept or agree to something even if you don't want to
What is acquiesce?
Constitution: What The Bill of Rights suggest about police and the court
What is people's rights cannot be taken away by the police or court?
Two ways that Britain harmed America's economy
What is imposing taxes and cutting off trade?
Purpose of the phrase "We the people"
What is emphasizes that the country is ruled by its citizens?
Appeal to authority
What is ethos?
To respectfully ask or request
What is petition?
Rephrase: "[the king has] refused his assent to laws...necessary for the public good"
What is the king will not allow changes that would benefit the colonies?
Main purpose of a nation's government
What is to protect people's basic rights?
What the people who wrote The Constitution hoped to achieve
What is inspire more public confidence in the government?
"We must...hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends."
What is pathos?
To make a correction
What is redress?
What is 1.) abuse of powers; 2.) interfering in legislature; and 3.) violence against the colonies
Rephrase: "All men are created equal"
What is "All people should be equally treated under the law"
3 reasons for writing The Constitution presented in The Preamble
What is 1.) ensure peace; 2.) promote welfare; and 3.) give states more independence
"And for the support of this Declaration...we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
What is ethos?
Morally upright; honest
What is rectitude?
Vocab: The act of using a right or power
What is exercise?