The Declaration of Independence

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A goose-feather quill and a stoppered inkwell beside a wax block and its stamp handle, with a blank rolled parchment behind them.
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  • BROADSIDE
  • CONSENT
  • ENGROSSED
  • GRIEVANCES
  • HANCOCK
  • HAPPINESS
  • KING GEORGE
  • PARCHMENT
  • PREAMBLE
  • PURSUIT
  • SELF EVIDENT
  • SHERMAN
  • SIGNERS
  • TYRANNY
  • UNALIENABLE

Fifty-six men put their names to a single sheet of parchment, and John Hancock wrote his large enough for King George to read without spectacles. The document opens with a preamble, holds certain truths to be self-evident, and then spends most of its length listing grievances against the Crown. Printer John Dunlap ran off the first broadsides overnight, weeks before the engrossed copy was signed.

The Declaration of Independence Word Search Answer Key

Checking a finished sheet, or stuck on the last word? The The Declaration of Independence Word Search Answer Key marks all 15 hidden words in the grid and lists the row, column and direction each one starts from. It prints on its own sheet, so you can hand out the puzzle and keep the answers.

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