VIDEO: Watch SIA 101.8: Declaration of Independence – Part VIII (Video time: 42 minutes)
REQUIRED READING: U.S. Constitution, found on pages 53 – 86 in Introduction to American Citizenship by Dr. Thomas Krannawitter.
TERMS, PEOPLE, & PLACES TO IDENTIFY
Where there is a time mark, the answer is provided at the time indicated in the relevant podcast or video. Where there is no time mark indicated, the student should look up in a book or perform an Internet search for the term, person, or place.
- Jurisdiction
- Assembly
- Legislator
- Parliament
- Oppression
- Petition
- Redress
- Humble
- Emigration
- Brethren
- Magnanimity
- Kindred
- Disavow
- Consanguinity
- Acquiesce
- Rectitude
- Absolved
- Allegiance
- Commerce
- Divine Providence
- Trust
- Honor
STUDY QUESTIONS
- Number the indictments against the king in the Declaration of Independence (27 total)
- Arbitrary government is synonymous with what type of government? (2:00)
- What was the chief criticism of the king by the revolutionaries? (2:50)
- Approximately a decade later the U.S. Constitution is written. It attempts to solve what problem in government? (3:30)
- How does the U.S. Constitution attempt to do this? (4:00)
- The 5th and 6th indictments in the Declaration of Independence are addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (4:00)
- The 7th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (5:10)
- The 8th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (6:00)
- The 9th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (7:00)
- The 10th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (8:35)
- The 11th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (10:00)
- The 12th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (11:30)
- Why is the 13th indictment significant? (12:50)
- The 14th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (16:40)
- What was the 16th indictment about? (18:20)
- The 17th indictment is the first to address what issue? (19:00)
- Did the revolutionaries resent being taxed or being taxed without their consent? (19:00)
- The 18th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (20:30)
- The 19th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (20:30)
- The indictments in the Declaration of Independence provide the _________________ that the king has subjected the revolutionaries to ______________________. (22:10 – 22:53)
- What does the Declaration of Independence say a people have a natural right and a natural duty to do when a government does this? (22:53)
- Once the government is thrown off, the revolutionaries created a new government through what document? (23:10)
- The Americans will adopt two national constitutions. True or False? (23:28)
- In the Declaration of Independence, by what standard are the revolutionaries judging the king? (24:00)
- What does the Declaration of Independence say about how the revolutionaries will interact with the British people after throwing off the British government? (25:00 – 27:00)
- When did the Lee Resolution pass? (28:14)
- What did the Lee Resolution announce? (28:14)
- What specifically is being dissolved in the Declaration of Independence? (29:40)
- What are the three forms of political power? (30:37)
- Is it dangerous to allow all three political powers to be held by one person or group of people? Why? (32:50)
- In the Declaration of Independence, all three political powers are attributed to God. True or False? (34:00)
- Why would the revolutionaries not be troubled if God has all three powers? (35:07)
- To whom or to what do the revolutionaries pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor? (35:10)
- Why was that pledge important? (39:00)