The Declaration of Independence is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the audience and purposes of the Declaration, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.11.3-5. It prints 5 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
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The Declaration of Independence
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Read the source and answer the questions, then circle the right answers.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
The Declaration of Independence: The Opening
The opening of the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, and drafted mainly by Thomas Jefferson.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
1. What station does the opening say a people may assume among the powers of the earth?
2. Why does the Declaration say it should declare its causes?
3. What does the opening say one people must sometimes dissolve?
4. What is the "one people" in the opening preparing to do?
2.What does "the consent of the governed" mean?
A.The people agree to be governed
B.The king decides alone
C.Soldiers choose the laws
3.Why did the Declaration's idea of equality matter to later reformers?
A.They used it to keep things the same
B.They used it to choose a king
C.They used it to argue for ending slavery and for women's rights
4.Which document set up the government the United States uses today?
A.The Mayflower Compact
B.The Declaration of Independence
C.The Constitution
5.Most of the Declaration's middle section is a list of what?
A.Complaints against King George III
B.Names of soldiers
C.Laws for the new states
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Answer key — The Declaration of Independence
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The separate and equal station. 2. Because a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires it. 3. The political bands which have connected them with another. 4. Separate from another people and take an equal station of their own.
2.The people agree to be governed
3.They used it to argue for ending slavery and for women's rights
4.The Constitution
5.Complaints against King George III
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.