Declaration of Independence Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Look up the following; please support your answers with quotes from the text whenever possible. Be sure to hand in your papers with all the correct answers after the conclusion of this activity for a grade.
1. Who penned the Declaration of Independence?
2. What “Laws” is the Declaration based?
3. Where do men’s rights come from and what are they?
4. Where does government get its rights?
5. When is it acceptable to change your government?
6. What is the purpose of government?
7. Is it acceptable to have a despot lead your government?
8. Does a society need to change government if it is deemed necessary that government is not doing its job?
9. What is the history of the King of Britain and what is the King’s name?
10. What are paragraphs 3 through 21 about?
11. What did the King do with his “standing army”?
12. Who is the army “independent of and superior to”?
13. What did the King do to the colonist trade?
14. How did the King impose taxes?
15. What did the King do to the colonists’ charters?
16. What did the King do to towns in America?
17. What armies did the King use in America? (Hint: there are two that he uses)
18. What did the King do to fellow citizen that he captures at sea?
19. What role did Native Americans play?
20. What is the King? (Hint: you need a quote from this document)
21. Can the colonies ever be at peace with Great Britain again?
22. What are the colonies now according to this declaration? (Hint: you need a quote)
23. Who is John Hancock?
24. How many representatives signed this declaration?
25. How many future presidents signed this declaration?
