Declaration of Independence Retest Review

Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Ben Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• June 4, 1776
• July 4,1777
• June 4, 1776
• July 4, 1776

Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• Dallas, Texas
• Washington, D.C.
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Irie, Pennsylvania

Three rights that cannot be taken away are

• life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

• money, housing and food

• life, liberty and the pursuit of money

• free speech, religion and trial by jury

Some of the ideas that Thomas Jefferson used in the Declaration of Independence came from __________________.

• France

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

• England

When soldiers heard the Declaration of Independence they _________________(check all that are correct).

• got angry at Washington

• were very happy

• now had a better reason to fight

• were proud to fight for their own country