Declaration of Independence Trivia Quiz
Declaration of Independence trivia follows the document from its drafting in Philadelphia through congressional approval, famous signatures, founding principles, and early printed copies. The questions mix familiar names with a few deeper details from the summer of 1776.
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What This Quiz Covers
The quiz covers the principal drafter, the Philadelphia meeting place, a famously bold signature, the number of colonies represented, a key independence resolution, and the first printed copies sent across the colonies.
Trivia Study Guide ›
- Which Philadelphia printer produced the first broadside copies after Congress approved the Declaration?
- Which city hosted the Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was approved?
- Which signer wrote the famously large signature as president of the Continental Congress?
- Which Pennsylvania delegate served with Jefferson on the five-member drafting committee?
- Which building housed the congressional debates and approval of the Declaration of Independence?
- Which colony initially abstained from the July 2 independence vote while awaiting new instructions?
- Which phrase completes the famous trio in the Declaration: "Life, Liberty and ___"?
- Which Virginia delegate introduced the resolution declaring the colonies free and independent states?
- Which Virginian did Congress choose to prepare the principal draft of the Declaration of Independence?
- How many colonies were represented in the Declaration as free and independent states?
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