Declaration of Independence Game

How many people were assigned to write the Declaration of Independence?

(a)  

Check some of the things King George was doing to the colonist

• Taxing unfairly

• Housing soldiers

• Taking their animals

• Making them come back to Britain

On what date did Congress adopt the final draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• June 28, 1776

• August 8, 1774

• July 4, 1776

• July 5, 1775

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Ben Franklin

• John Adams

• Roger Sherman

• Thomas Jefferson

If we had not declared our independence from Britain, how might our lives today be different?

If you were to interview Thomas Jefferson what are some questions you would ask him about how he wrote the Declaration of Independence?