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Which best summarizes the social contract outlined in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence?

Government has the power to protect natural rights, but states must also protect their rights.

Government has the power to protect natural rights, but people must also protect their rights.

Government has the power to protect natural rights, but people can change their government if it fails to do so.

Government has the power to protect natural rights, but states can challenge the government if it fails to do so.

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John Locke, an Enlightenment-era philosopher, influenced the American movement for independence. Locke believed that all people were entitled to natural rights. Which quotation from the preamble to the Declaration of Independence refers to natural rights?

“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”

“[I]t is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

“[T]hey are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

The preamble to the Declaration of Independence outlines the principles upon which the new government would be based. Which of these best describes one of those principles?

a government based on a social contract

the end of taxation without representation

the removal of the British military

a need for equality regardless of race or gender

The image shows a 2018 rally supporting a lawsuit seeking government action on climate change.How do the protestors with the signs saying "A livable planet is an unalienable right” and "Life, liberty, property” use the Declaration of Independence to express an opinion?

The signs reference the role of the government in protecting the natural rights of the people.

The signs list the grievances of the citizens against the government in a specific way.

The signs establish the obligation of people to create a new government if the old one fails.

The signs identify a specific failure of the government and gives ways it can be fixed.

What event prompted the formation of the First Continental Congress?

the Boston Massacre

the Boston Tea Party

the battles of Lexington and Concord

the publication of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

What purpose did the introduction to the Declaration of Independence serve?

It detailed how to amend the Declaration of Independence.

It listed colonial grievances against the Crown.

It indicated why independence was necessary.

It declared independence from Britain.

Which had the greatest influence in prompting the Second Continental Congress to declare independence?

the battles of Lexington and Concord

King George III’s rejection of peaceful reconciliation

financial support from France and Spain

increased open public support for independence

Which best describes the main action called for by the Declaration of Independence?

to seek peace with Great Britain

to give the United States the power of self-government

to declare war on Great Britain

to create the First Continental Congress

In which section of the Declaration of Independence is the purpose of government described?

the Preamble

the body

the conclusion

the grievances

Why were taxes an ongoing source of conflict for the American colonists?

They did not get sufficient government services.

They paid a higher tax rate than those living in England.

They were taxed without having representation in Parliament.

They felt the taxes should be invested in colonial infrastructure.

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