| Question | Answer |
| Find the date the Declaration was signed | July 4, 1776
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In what part of the government was the Declaration sign | In Congress
| What word at the beginning of the Declaration shows that all 13 states agreed with the Declaration | unanimous
| What doe the Declaration say was necessary | to dissolve the political bands which have connected them together
| What three(3) truths were self-evident | that people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
| According to the Declaration, who is government created among | governments are created among men
| Where do governments get their power | deriving their power from the consent of the governed (the people)
| What rights do people have when governments become destructive | it is the right of the people to alter, abolish or change government
| Find the words that state how governments should be organized | In a way that created "safety and happiness"
| Under what conditions should governments be changed | Only when necessary-"not to be changed for light or transient causes"
| Who was the "despot" that the colonies were complaining about | King
| What was the King's goal for the colonies | to create an absolute tyranny over the colonies
| What word shows that the colonies have put with up with several of the King's wrong doings | repeated
| What did the King do with the laws that were necessary for the public good | he has refused to follow them
| How did the King try to fatigue the colonial legislature | set up legislature meetings very far away and in inconvenient places
| Who has appointed judges(and paid their salaries) in the colonies | King George III
| What did the "swarm" of Officers do to the colonist that was not right | harass the colonists
| What complaint did colonist have with a standing army | there was not need for a standing army in peace time
| What were soldiers protected from with mock trails | murdering colonist, soldiers were tried in Britain
| What was imposed on the colonist without consent | Taxes
| What was "deprived" from the colonists | the right to jury trails(trail by jury)
| What did the colonists do before this Declaration to try to get the King to stop | in every state we have petitioned for redness
| What did colonists say the King was "unfit" to be? | to be the rulers of a free people
| How will England be regarded in war,what about in Peace | Enemies in war, Friends in Power
| What does the Declaration say the colonist are absolved from | Absolved from all Allegiance from the British Crown
| What did the colonists Pledge in the is declaration | Our lives, our fortune and our sacred honor. |
