Who Was It?
He was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Independence Day (day and year)
What is July 4, 1776?
Americans wanted to free themselves from this country.
What is Great Britain?
Thomas Jefferson was from this state.
What is Virginia?
There were this many people on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence.
What is 5?
He ruled England in the 1700's.
Who is King George III?
This was the year the Declaration of Independence was written and signed.
What is 1776?
This city is where the Second Continental Congress was held.
What is Philadelphia?
It took Thomas Jefferson this long to write the Declaration of Independence.
What is two weeks?
_____ of the 13 states voted to declare Independence Day July 2nd.
What is 12?
He talked Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence and they both died on the same day.
Who is John Adams?
This was the day Congress originally decided to make Independence Day.
What is July 2nd?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This state waited one week to decide to make Independence Day July 2.
What is New York?
He worked as a ______ in his hometown.
What is a lawyer?
The first section stated that people deserve a government that protects their ______.
What are rights?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
These colonies refused to include the part where Great Britain was criticized about trading slaves.
What are the southern colonies?
This is the year that the Americans were ready to fight Great Britain and go to war.
What is 1775?
The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Philadelphia?
Thomas Jefferson lived for ____ years after he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
What is 50?
The second section described ______'s government and how it had failed to do its job in the colonies.
What is Britain?
Thomas Jefferson got the idea of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" from this Englishman.
Who is John Locke?
On this date, the committee presented Jefferson's rough draft to Congress.
What is June 28th?
A crowd from this state pulled down a statue of King George III and melted it down into bullets.
What is New York?
Jefferson was known for his writing because he was very ______.
What is quiet?
The three points of writing the Declaration of Independence are what makes a good government, explain why Kind George had not done a good job, and __________.
What is declaring themselves free of Great Britain?