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Question 1
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Q. Who was the primary writer of the Declaration?
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Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Question 2
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Q. What date was the Declaration of Independence signed?
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July 4, 2004
July 4, 1776
January 1, 1776
June 19, 1986
Question 3
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Q. Who was Thomas Jefferson referring to when he stated, "All men are created equal"?
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All men
Everyone
White, male landowners
Any white man
Question 4
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Q. What are the three rights that Thomas Jefferson says all men are born with?
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Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
peace, love, harmony
life, love, freedom of religion
voting, taxes, and having a job
Question 5
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Q. What is another word for grievances?
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happiness
complaints
abolish
inalienable
Question 6
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Q. Who was directly addressed in the Declaration of Independence?
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King George III
George Washington
King Phillip of France
no one
Question 7
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Q. According to the declaration, what does a country have the right to do if a government is not protecting the people's rights?
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alter it
abolish it
do nothing
both alter or abolish
Question 8
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Q. What is the purpose of a government?
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To make laws
To protect the rights of the people
To impose taxes
To write long documents
Question 9
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Q. What does the phrase "to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers form the consent of the governed" mean?
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Government is created by the people and should be for the people
Government is made by the people to make new laws
Government has absolutely no power
Government is an institution
Question 10
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Q. What does the word abolish mean?
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To create
To begin something
To change
To end or get rid of
Question 11
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Q. What committee officially signed the Declaration of Independence?
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Stamp Act Congress
Continental Congress
Sons of Liberty
British Parliament
Question 12
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Q. What did the declaration of independence NOT include?
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List of grievances
preamble
56 signatures of Congress members
George Washington's signature
Question 13
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Q. What is considered the fundamental principle of American government?
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Everyone has rights
Everyone should vote
All men are created equal
All men are not equal
Question 14
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Q. What did the final part of the declaration include?
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A formal declaration
reasons for wanting to be independent and free
complaints to the King
list of things the King ignored
Question 15
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Q. Which part of the Declaration of Independence supports the ideas of our government that rights are not given to men by their government but are inherent and undeniable?
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All men are created equal
They are endowed by their creator by certain inalienable rights
To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter of to abolish it.