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Buoyvgouguy

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16. Use the above website to help fill out the timeline!

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16. Use the above website to help fill out the timeline!

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Early in 1776, while the troops were fighting in the field, more delegates were meeting in Philadelphia, at the Second Continental Congress.
June 28, the committee presented the Declaration to the Continental Congress.
July 4, John Hancock, president of the Congress, signed it.

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15.Write two interesting facts from the video.

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15.Write two interesting facts from the video.

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Thomas Jefferson wrote the original draft of America's historic Declaration of Independence, which was approved by the Continental Congress after several days of debate and revisions on July 4, 1776.

Jefferson and neighbors where chronically in debt.

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Free and independent states.

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King and Parliament.

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12. Name the three rights that all people should have.

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12. Name the three rights that all people should have.

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life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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The rights of all people.

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Why the Declaration of Independence was written.

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Preamble

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8. The Declaration of Independence has _________ parts.

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8. The Declaration of Independence has _________ parts.

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four

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Fifty-six members of Congress signed the Declaration

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6.Which state chose not to vote on accepting the Declaration of Independence?

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6.Which state chose not to vote on accepting the Declaration of Independence?

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New York and Delaware

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5. ____________ people signed the Declaration of Independence.

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5. ____________ people signed the Declaration of Independence.

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56

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The main purpose of America’s Declaration of Independence was to explain to foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain.

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3. ___________________________ wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.

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3. ___________________________ wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.

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Jefferson wrote the first draft.

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2. Name the five men who wrote the Declaration of Independence:

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2. Name the five men who wrote the Declaration of Independence:

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Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman.

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1. Who appointed the committee of men to write the Declaration of Independence?

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1. Who appointed the committee of men to write the Declaration of Independence?

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The Continental Congress.