The Authors
The third President of the US who is most well known for writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is the famous date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
What is July 4, 1776?
This part of the Declaration of Independence explains why it was written.
What is the Preamble?
This General commanded the unfinished fort where the battle of his own namesake took place.
Who is General William Moultrie?
The creator of the bifocals, lightning rod, and glass harmonica, this founding father was the oldest member of the five who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This is the number of delegates who signed the Declaration of Independence.
What is 56?
These are the three unalienable rights that Thomas Jefferson stated all people were endowed to.
What is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
This is the island were the Battle of Fort Moultire was fought.
What is Sullivan's Island?
The second President of the US whose loyalty was called into question when, in court, he defended British soldiers involved with the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
This is the number of parts in the Declaration of Independence.
What is 4?
The third part of the Declaration of Independence included an extensive 27 reasons for why the authors no longer felt this King should rule over them.
Who is King George III?
This is the famous city that the British decided they would try and capture in order to create a base of operations there.
What is Charles Town?
This member of the Committee of Five who authored the Declaration of Independence, didn't get to sign the final copy.
Who is Robert R. Livingston?
This is the speaker of the Continental Congress whose large signature took up 5 inches of space on the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
According to the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, the government gets its power from this.
What are the governed or the people?
The Battle of Fort Moultrie was one of the reasons this notable plant was added to the South Carolina state flag.
What is a palmetto tree?
This lesser known member of the Committee of Five is the only founding father to sign all four great state papers of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution.
Who is Roger Sherman?
This is the number of delegates from South Carolina who signed the Declaration of Independence.
What is 4?
According to the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness from from this.
Who is The Creator?
This was the event happening at the same time as the Battle of Fort Moultire where the American colonies were deciding whether or not to declare independence.
What was the Second Continental Congress?