Declaration of Independence and the Road to Independence Project by Ashley Villasenor https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w en-us 2019-01-23 19:19:21 UTC 2024-12-15 20:46:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. What year was it written? avillasenor204308 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323647999 The Declaration of Independence was written in July 4, 1776.]]> 2019-01-23 19:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323647999 2. How many Colonies were declaring independence? afigueroa203943 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323648019 There were 13 colonies declaring independence. 
1. Virginia
2. Massachusetts
3. New York
4. Maryland 
5. Rhode Island 
6. Connecticut
7. Delaware 
8. New Hampshire
9. North Carolina
10. South Carolina
11. New Jersey 
12. Pennsylvania
13. Georgia.]]> 2019-01-23 19:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323648019 3. What does the opening paragraph address? avillasenor204308 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323648815 The opening paragraph addresses the intentions of the colonies separating from the english rule. It also addresses the need for political separation from England. ]]> 2019-01-23 19:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323648815 7. Who were the editors of the Declaration? nrios204174 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323669687 Written in June 1776, Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence, included eighty-six changes made later by John Adams (1735–1826), Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), other members of the committee appointed to draft the document, and by Congress.

]]> 2019-01-23 20:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323669687 10. List five members of the Continental Congress from 1775-1777. nrios204174 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323669847 1. Samuel Adams
2. John Adams  
3. John Hancock 
4. John Jay 
5. Thomas Jeffer]]> 2019-01-23 20:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323669847 4. Who wrote the Declaration? afigueroa203943 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323990878 There was a few Authors who wrote the Declaration of Independence. 
It was Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adam, Robert R. Livingston and Rodger Sherman. ]]> 2019-01-24 16:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/323990878 12. Why did Jefferson write it ? arodriguez302624 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324090037 The Declaration of Independence. Congress appointed a Committee of Five on June 11, 1776, to explain why the American colonies decided to become independent states and wanted separation from the British Empire.Jefferson came in first and Adams second.]]> 2019-01-24 18:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324090037 8. 5 injuries usurpations. maguilar203798 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324105488 There is a pattern of events showing that the leader has repeatedly denied the right of the American colonies to govern themselves through their own elected legislatures. That he has repeatedly failed to secure their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ]]> 2019-01-24 19:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324105488 9. The last sentence of the declaration, what do you think it means? maguilar203798 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324109597 I think We are now free from political affiliation from the British crown. Basically we are on our own and we will speak and fight that right . ]]> 2019-01-24 19:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324109597 11.How is the Declaration of Independence a “revolutionary” document? arodriguez302624 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324380068 Remember the Declaration of Independence: governments are instituted among Men (and we would add Women), deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that when any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.]]> 2019-01-25 16:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324380068 6. Define usurpations and despotism jprado204149 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324381363 Usurpation means taking someone's power or property by force. 


A country or political system where the ruler holds absolute power.

]]> 2019-01-25 16:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324381363 5. what are the unalienable rights jprado204149 https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324384898  unalienable cannot be taken away or denied. Its most famous use is in the Declaration of Independence, which says people have unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.]]> 2019-01-25 16:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/avillasenor204308/csdsoxi12h4w/wish/324384898