6.B Growing Conflict And New Political Ideas In The Colonies

1. What were the "certain unalienable rights" Thomas Jefferson spoke of in the Declaration of Independence?

Money, defense, fun

Freedom of speech and religion

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Freedom and death

2. Colonists had grown to resent the rule of England. What was the new feeling of colonists in dealing with English rule.

Buy their freedom from England

Give in to England's taxes and trade laws

The colonies were going to have to seperate from England and become independent

Leave life in the colonies and move to France

3. Which of the following did the Declaration of Independence not include?

List of grievances or complaints against English rule

Colonists thoughts on government

Why the colonies were seeking independence

A demand to end slavery

4. Which of the following did not happen BEFORE the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776?

John Locke started ideas of natural rights

French and Indian War

Stamp Act and Proclamation of 1763

George Washington was named the first president of the United States of America

5. What was a Continental Congress? Which one was the committee to write the Declaration of Indenence made at and where was it?

Group of representatives from the colonies, 2nd, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Map makers debating continents, 1st, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Group of representatives, 1st, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

A Congress, 7th, Washington D.C.

6. Is the Declaration of Independence representing the colonists from New Hampshire to Georgia who wish be free from English rule?

Yes

No

6.B Growing CoNFLict And New Political Ideas In The Colonies