Homework (Due 9/3 - Friday)
1. Chapter 3 Homework
2. Current Event (Local)
3. Own Declaration of Independence
Learning Objective - 8/31(T) Students will learn what the primary function of government is according to Thomas Jefferson and state what the people can do if government does not fulfill it’s role.
Extra Credit
1. What would the sticker be for in this article?
2. What two government agencies are working on this?
3. When would this sticker program begin?
4. What letter grade would an average rating receive?
5. What is the top selling passenger car in America? What about the top selling truck?
6. Name two cars that would get a "D" under the program?
7. Do you think this plan is necessary? Will consumers make choices based on this rating?
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Declaration of Independence – Questions
1. When did the American Revolution begin?
2. What were three causes of the American Revolution?
3. Who was on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence?
4. What can the Declaration of Independence be compared to?
5. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
6. Name something that was in rough drafts of the Declaration, but not the final copy.
7. What Congress is being referred to?
8. What is the significance of July 4, 1776?
9. What two men died on July 4, 1826?
10. Who was the king at this time?
11. Why was it important for the Declaration to be unanimous?
12. What were the three primary purposes of the document?
13. What is meant by “course of human events”?
14. What does Jefferson mean by “all men are created equal”?
15. What are unalienable rights? What three unalienable rights are found in the document? Who came up with this phrase first? In which amendments can a similar phrase be found?
16. What is the primary function of government according to the document?
17. Where should government get power from according to Jefferson?
18. What can be done if the government does not do its job?
19. According to Jefferson, was independence declared over one problem?
20. What is despotism?
21. Who is the primary target of blame in this document?
22. How many reasons does Jefferson give for the separation?
23. State one thing said about laws.
24. Where were legislative bodies called? Where does Congress meet?
25. What does Jefferson say about immigration?
26. According to the document, what was the problem with judges?
27. What complaint is made about standing armies?
28. Who is the leader of the U.S. military today? Why?
29. How were soldiers being given special treatment? Which amendment deals with quartering of troops?
30. What is said about trade?
31. What phrase is similar to “no taxation without representation”?
32. What 6th amendment right were colonists being denied?
33. What does Jefferson say about Canada?
34. How are Native Americans referred to in the document?
35. What name is the king called?
36. Who is being appealed to?
37. What did the new United States have the power to do?
38. What did Jefferson say Americans would rely on?
39. What did the colonists pledge to each other?
