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.

  1. Jurisdiction
  2. Assembly
  3. Legislator
  4. Parliament
  5. Oppression
  6. Petition
  7. Redress
  8. Humble
  9. Emigration
  10. Brethren
  11. Magnanimity
  12. Kindred
  13. Disavow
  14. Consanguinity
  15. Acquiesce
  16. Rectitude
  17. Absolved
  18. Allegiance
  19. Commerce
  20. Divine Providence
  21. Trust
  22. Honor

STUDY QUESTIONS

  1. Number the indictments against the king in the Declaration of Independence (27 total)
  2. Arbitrary government is synonymous with what type of government? (2:00)
  3. What was the chief criticism of the king by the revolutionaries? (2:50)
  4. Approximately a decade later the U.S. Constitution is written. It attempts to solve what problem in government? (3:30)
  5. How does the U.S. Constitution attempt to do this? (4:00)
  6. The 5th and 6th indictments in the Declaration of Independence are addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (4:00)
  7. The 7th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (5:10)
  8. The 8th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (6:00)
  9. The 9th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (7:00)
  10. The 10th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (8:35)
  11. The 11th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (10:00)
  12. The 12th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (11:30)
  13. Why is the 13th indictment significant? (12:50)
  14. The 14th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (16:40)
  15. What was the 16th indictment about? (18:20)
  16. The 17th indictment is the first to address what issue? (19:00)
  17. Did the revolutionaries resent being taxed or being taxed without their consent? (19:00)
  18. The 18th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (20:30)
  19. The 19th indictment in the Declaration of Independence is addressed where in the U.S. Constitution? (20:30)
  20. The indictments in the Declaration of Independence provide the _________________ that the king has subjected the revolutionaries to ______________________. (22:10 – 22:53)
  21. 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)
  22. Once the government is thrown off, the revolutionaries created a new government through what document? (23:10)
  23. The Americans will adopt two national constitutions. True or False? (23:28)
  24. In the Declaration of Independence, by what standard are the revolutionaries judging the king? (24:00)
  25. 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)
  26. When did the Lee Resolution pass? (28:14)
  27. What did the Lee Resolution announce? (28:14)
  28. What specifically is being dissolved in the Declaration of Independence? (29:40)
  29. What are the three forms of political power? (30:37)
  30. Is it dangerous to allow all three political powers to be held by one person or group of people? Why? (32:50)
  31. In the Declaration of Independence, all three political powers are attributed to God. True or False? (34:00)
  32. Why would the revolutionaries not be troubled if God has all three powers? (35:07)
  33. To whom or to what do the revolutionaries pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor? (35:10)
  34. Why was that pledge important? (39:00)