click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
8-2.3
Declaration of Independence and SC Signers
Term | Definition |
---|---|
SC Signers of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Lynch Jr., Arthur Middleton, Thomas Heyward Jr., and Edward Rutledge |
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? | to explain why the colonists felt the need to be free from British Rule |
Patriots | colonists who did not wish to remain British subjects |
Loyalists | those who remained faithful to England |
Who did Paul Revere warn about the British? | Sons of Liberty |
Minutemen | men who were ready to fight at any given minute |
John Hancock | president of Congress |
George Washington | commander in chief of the Continental Army |
Battle of Bunker Hill | British defeat of Americans in Massachusetts; June 17, 1775 |
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? | July 4, 1776 |
Whose ideas were used to create the Declaration of Independence? | John Locke (English Enlightenment) |
Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence |
What kind of government was outlined in the Declaration of Independence? | democracy |
natural/unalienable rights | "life, liberty, pursuit of happiness" |
Who was blamed by the colonists for violating the rights of the people in the Declaration of Independence? | the king |
Where does the government get its power according to the Declaration of Independence? | from the people |