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Early America's Declaration of Independence Quiz
1. What Was The Declaration of Independence All About?
A Document Wherein Colonists Refused To Pay Taxes To Great Britain
That America's 13 Colonies Were No Longer Part of The British Empire
A Formal Decree Proclaiming Colonists Would Ban Entry of All English Citizens
A Demand Urging That the British Parliament Be Dissolved
2. Who Was The Principal Author of The Declaration?
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
3. Where Was The Declaration Adopted?
The Customs House in the City of New York
The Pennsylvania State House In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Virginia State House attended by 130 Delegates
A Room Above The Langston Stable Outside of Boston
4. When Was The Declaration Adopted?
Immediately After The Battles at Lexington and Concord in April 1775
After The 2nd Continental Congress Convened in May 1775
On July 4, 1776
The Debate Goes On But Historians Believe Sometime In the Fall of 1776
5. By the time the Declaration of Independence was adopted:
The British Parliament Agreed To Reduce Its Taxes To The Colonies
Relations Between The Colonies and The Mother Country Began To Improve
The Colonies & England Had Been At War for Over a Year
Colonists Began To Feel That Acts By The British Parliament Were Constitutional
6. By Thomas Jefferson's Own Admission in Later Years:
The Declaration of Independence Contained No Original Ideas
Few of The Sentiments Expressed Were Shared By Supporters of The Revolution
The Ideas Were Mostly Copied Word for Word From Previous Writings
He Admitted That Benjamin Franklin Inspired The Ideals He Expressed
7. As President of The Second Continental Congress, John Hancock...
Was A Wealthy Boston Merchant Who Had Misgivings About Adopting The Declaration
Used His Wealth To Support Opposition To The War Against Britain
Was The First Person To Sign The Declaration of Independence
Signed The Declaration In Very Small Letters So King George Couldn't Read It
8. Why Didn't George Washington Sign The Declaration of Independence?
As Commander of the Army He Was Unavailable To Participate
He Stayed Home While His Wife Martha Was Ill With The Ague
He Was Ineligible to Do So As A Congressman From Virginia
During The Signing He Was Too Busy At His Farm At Mount Vernon
9. Which One of These Phrases Appears In The Declaration of Independence?
Governments Are Instituted Of, By And For The People
These United Colonies Are And Ought To Be Dependent States
Life, Liberty And The Pursuit of Happiness
These United Colonies Pledge All Allegiance To The British Crown
10. Where Is The Original Declaration of Independence Located?
In The Rotunda of The United States Capitol Building
The National Archives In Washington DC
In The Bullion Depository At Fort Knox In A Controlled Environment
At The Library Of Congress
11. Why Was The Declaration Read To Washington's Troops Days After It Was Adopted?
To Encourage British Forces To Surrender
To Publicly Notify King George The Colonies Were Free Of British Rule
To Inspire The Troops And Encourage Enlistments
To Prove That The Colonists Approved Their Independence
12. In Writing The Declaration of Independence Jefferson Was Influenced By:
The Massachusetts Declaration of Rights
The Dutch Act Of Redolence
The Virginia Call To Arms
Emerich de Vattel's "The Law of Nations"
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