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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

D2.His.11.3-5

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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. 1. Why does the Declaration say it should declare its causes?
  2. 2. What does the opening say one people must sometimes dissolve?
  3. 3. Who adopted the Declaration, and where?
  4. 4. What does this opening not tell you yet?
2.Which holiday marks the adoption of the Declaration?
  • A.Labor Day
  • B.Independence Day, July 4
  • C.Memorial Day
3.What was the main purpose of the Declaration?
  • A.To announce and explain the colonies' break from Britain
  • B.To set up the three branches of government
  • C.To end a war with France
4.Most of the Declaration's middle section is a list of what?
  • A.Laws for the new states
  • B.Names of soldiers
  • C.Complaints against King George III
5.What does "self-evident" mean?
  • A.Hidden and secret
  • B.Proved by a court
  • C.So clearly true it needs no proof

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Answer key — The Declaration of Independence

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  1. 1.1. Because a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires it. 2. The political bands which have connected them with another. 3. The Second Continental Congress, in Philadelphia. 4. It does not yet name the causes which impel them to the separation.
  2. 2.Independence Day, July 4
  3. 3.To announce and explain the colonies' break from Britain
  4. 4.Complaints against King George III
  5. 5.So clearly true it needs no proof

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.