The last section explained the roots of the Declaration of Independence. Now it is your turn to see if you understand the concepts, by digging around for some more roots.

Click on the principle fruit that the quote represents. The first sources will be from the five documents studied in the previous section. After that, there will be some challenge quotations from other sources in the time period that also reflect the four principles. It is very likely that Jefferson had read those sources, too. Some of the quotations may have more than one possible answer.