1st Continental Convention 1. In 1774 colonies formed the ____________________________________ which sent a list of complaints to the king.   2. June 1776, Second Continental Congress met in ____________________ and decided it was time to declare Independence. Philadelphia

The committee included Benjamin Franklin John Adams Roger Sherman Robert Livingston Thomas Jefferson  

17 Charles Thompson John Hancock Dunlaps 4. It took Thomas Jefferson ___________ days to write the rough draft _______________________________ and ___________________________ singed it and sent it to ____________________________ print shop. Charles Thompson John Hancock Dunlaps

5. The original printing of the Declaration of Independence is called the __________________________ Dunlap Broadside

56 6. The official copy of DOI was signed by _________- delegates and resides in _________________________, Washington D.C National Archives

universities, historical societies, libraries, 7. There are ________ surviving Dunlap Broadsides belonging to ___________________________________________________________ ______________________. 8. Two of the remaining copies are in ____________________ repositories. 25 universities, historical societies, libraries, city halls British https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:United_States_Charters_of_Freedom/Dunlap_broadside

birth certificate freedoms basic rights 9. The Declaration of Independence is _____________ ______________ of the U.S. It declared our commitment to ________________ and guaranteed our ___________ _____________. birth certificate freedoms basic rights

treason hanging united right 10. The signers new that signing the Declaration would be an act of ________________ punishable by _____________ That’s why this document was so important. It showed an ________________ among the colonist treason hanging united right

86 Changes were made 500 words were taken out 1,337 words were included 18 signers were under the age of 40 Three were in their 20s Half of the 56 signers were judges and lawyers 11 were merchants 9 were land owners and farmers 12 were doctors, ministers and politicians

Impact Today Ideals of equality led to Civil War, Women’s Rights and the Civil Rights Movement Influenced the French Revolution in their Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789 Latin American Movements of 1890s Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh used it as a reason to invade the south During World War II it was kept at Fort Knox KY More than 1 million Americans view it in the National Archives each year

Information on the Signers Of the 56, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war 5 were captured and imprisoned, all brutally treated 12 saw their homes burned 17 lost everything they owned Not one went back on their word All stood by the Declaration of Independence

Georgia Delegation Button Gwinnett: Died in a duel in 1777 at 42 most valued signature due to only 14 examples that exist. Lyman Hall George Walton

New Hampshire Delegation Josiah Bartlett Matthew Thornton William Whipple

Massachusetts Delegation John Adams Samuel Adams: Had a $35,000 price on his head during the American Revolution Elbridge Gerry John Hancock: Elected Governor of Massachusetts 10 times and had a $50,000 price on his head during the American Revolution Robert Treat Paine

Rhode Island Delegation William Ellery Stephen Hopkins

Connecticut Delegation Samuel Huntington: Elected Governor of Connecticut 10 times Roger Sherman William Williams Oliver Wolcott

New York Delegation William Floyd Francis Lewis Philip Livingston Henry Misner (left before signing) Lewis Morris

New Jersey Delegation Abraham Clark John Hart Francis Hopkinson Richard Stockton John Witherspoon

Pennsylvania Delegation George Clymer John Dickinson (did not sign) Benjamin Franklin Robert Morris John Morton

Pennsylvania Delegation (cont.) George Ross Benjamin Rush James Smith George Taylor James Wilson

Delaware Delegation Thomas McKean George Read Cesar Rodney

Maryland Delegation Charles Carroll: Last signer to die at 95 in 1832 Samuel Chase William Paca Thomas Stone

Virginia Delegation Carter Braxton Benjamin Harrison Thomas Jefferson Francis Lightfoot Lee