Deceleration of Independence by Cameron Norton https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc By Cameron Norton en-us 2016-10-25 14:33:35 UTC 2025-10-25 18:53:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png Decleration of Independence 2021_nortonc https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133026050 2016-10-25 14:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133026050 Thomas Jefferson 2021_nortonc https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133028453 2016-10-25 14:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133028453 The Day America gained Independence  2021_nortonc https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133029269 2016-10-25 14:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133029269 Its actually 240 years ago 2021_nortonc https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133032977 2016-10-25 14:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133032977 They wrote it in ink 2021_nortonc https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133034367 2016-10-25 15:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133034367 5 fun facts 2021_nortonc https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133035816 1.There is something written on the back of the Declaration of Independence .
2.Robert Livingston, one of the members of the committee who wrote the Declaration of Independence, never signed it.
3.The Continental Congress made 86 changes to Jefferson’s draft, including shortening the overall length by more than a fourth.
4.The deceleration of independence has been in d.c since 1952.
5.Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the vote to approve the Declaration of Independence.


]]> 2016-10-25 15:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133035816 Thomas Jefferson 2021_nortonc https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133334455 Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father and the author of the Declaration of Independence. He was elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving under John Adams and was elected the third President in 1800. ]]> 2016-10-26 14:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133334455 What I think happened 2021_nortonc https://padlet.com/2021_nortonc/o0dsi8eh1ghc/wish/133337302  Thomas Jefferson of Virginia was charged with drafting a formal statement justifying the 13 North American colonies’ break with Great Britain. A member of a five-man committee that also included John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, Jefferson made a draft and included Franklin’s and Adams’ corrections. At the time, the Declaration of Independence was a good effort.Jefferson was not recognized as its principal author until the 1790s.


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