Name : ___________________________________________________________________________ Date: _________________________________
Ms. Turnowski, American History 7th Grade Social Studies
Homework Critical Thinking Questions: The Declaration of Independence
Directions: Using our class notes and the copies of the Declaration of Independence given out during class, answer the following questions to the best of your ability.
1) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? What year was it written?
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2) What are the best known words of the Declaration of Independence? In what part can they be found?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
3) Why are those best known words so important to the American people? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
4) What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? Why was it written? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
5) According to the Declaration of Independence, why did the American Colonists want to be free of British rule? What were some of their grievances? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
6) In your opinion, do you think the American Colonists had good reasons for wanting to be free of British rule? Why? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Ms. Turnowski, American History 7th Grade Social Studies
Homework Critical Thinking Questions: The Declaration of Independence
Directions: Using our class notes and the copies of the Declaration of Independence given out during class, answer the following questions to the best of your ability.
1) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? What year was it written?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
2) What are the best known words of the Declaration of Independence? In what part can they be found?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
3) Why are those best known words so important to the American people? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
4) What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? Why was it written? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
5) According to the Declaration of Independence, why did the American Colonists want to be free of British rule? What were some of their grievances? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
6) In your opinion, do you think the American Colonists had good reasons for wanting to be free of British rule? Why? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.