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Worksheet 1
introDuctory exercise
1. What is the Declaration of Independence? _____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why was it written? ______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. In what city was it written? _________________________________________________________ 4. Who wrote it? ___________________________________________________________________ 5. Name the building where it was signed? _______________________________________________ 6. On what date was it signed? ________________________________________________________ 7. What did the Second Continental Congress have to do with the Declaration of Independence? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 8. How many men signed the Declaration of Independence? _________________________________ 9. Name some of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 10. How many grievances against King George III were listed in the Declaration of Independence? _________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What are the “unalienable rights” mentioned in the Declaration of Independence? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Quote a phrase from the Declaration of Independence? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
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