Declaring Independance Flashcards
(24 cards)
What does unanimous mean?
Everyone agrees
This term is often used in decision-making contexts.
Define unalienable.
Cannot be taken away from you
This term is frequently associated with rights that are considered fundamental.
What does anonymous mean?
Identity unknown
This term is used when the identity of a person is not revealed.
What are foreign mercenaries?
Soldiers hired to fight for a country not their own
Great Britain hired foreign mercenaries during conflicts.
What does quartering refer to?
Housing, lodging
This term is often used in historical contexts regarding military housing.
Define tyrant.
Cruel and harsh ruler; dictator
Tyrants often abuse their power and authority.
What is tyranny?
Government led by a cruel ruler
This form of government is characterized by oppression and injustice.
Define social contract.
Agreement between the people and government
This concept is foundational in political philosophy regarding the legitimacy of governmental authority.
What is treason?
To betray one’s country
This act is considered one of the most serious crimes in many nations.
Who were the five representatives in the committee created at the second continental Congress, chosen to write the Declaration?
John Addams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston.
what is the seal created at the second continental congress?
E pluribus unum, out of many one
when was the second continental Congress/ when was the committee formed?
June 1776
what 4 parts was the declaration split into?
the preamble
natural rights
grievances against the king/abuses
resolution of independance
first scentance of the preamble-
when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands, which have connected them with another
who created ideas used for arguments in the declaration?
John Locke and Thomas Paine
beggining of the natural/unalineabke rights-
we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowedamong their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
how many complaints were made against the king? why
27 complaints, because he had become a tyrant and broke the social contract between colonists and the empire
resolution of independance-
we therefore the representatives of the United States of america…do…solemnly publish and declare that these United colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independant States.
who had the first and largest signature? who was he?
John hancock, president of the second continental Congress.
details of the signitures-
signed with their lives
would have been hanged for treasin
grouped by states/colonies
what happened July 4,1776
the declaration was adopted
what happened July 9,1776
Washington had it read to his troops to boost their spirits because war wasn’t going great for the patriots
stats
1/3 patriots
1/3 loyalists
1/3 undecesicive
Native Americans at first were undecided but those in the north started helping patriots those in the south helped loyalists
who didn’t get rights from the document
native Americans, African Americans, and women.
