Declaration of Independence

Chief Author of the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• John Hancock

Official date the Declaration of Independence was approved.

• July 4, 1776

• July 1, 1776

• July 4, 1976

• July14, 1876

Meeting place of the First and Second Continental Congress and where the Declaration was approved.

• Independence Hall

• New York Capitol

• Construction Hall

• Boston Hall

All delegates at the Continental Congress agreed that the colonies should declare their independence.

• True

• False

When the delegates approved the Declaration of Independence........

• King George saw it as a declaration of war

• King George was happy & wanted peace

• they peacefully met with Parliament

• they did not tell the colonists about it

The Declaration of Independence was written......

• to officially break away from Britain.

• to convince colonists to follow the laws.

• to stop the colonies from rebelling

• as a peace treaty to the King of England

Who was on the Declaration Committee and responsible for writing the document?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Hancock

• George Washington

Which state abstained in the vote for Independence.

• New York

• Virginia

• New Jersey

• Rhode Island

Why did the Declaration committee remove the issue of slavery from the document?

• thought it would make southerners mad

• they saw it as disrespectful to slaves

• the King did not want it in the document

• because slavery was illegal in America

According to the Declaration of Independence where do governments get their power?

• people

• King

• laws

• soldiers