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Notice they were written before the Continental Congress declared independence on July 2, 1776.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Topsfield, Essex Count, Massachusetts, "},{"insert":"June 21, 1776 \nJump code for The Quill Project – i38810 \n\n“Having thus freely spoken our sentiments in respect to independence, &c., we now instruct you, sir, to give the honourable the Continental Congress the Strongest assurance that if, for the safety of the United Colonies, they shall declare "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"America"},{"insert":" to be independent of the Kingdom of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Great Britain"},{"insert":", your constituents will support and defend the measure with their lives and fortunes, to the utmost of their power. \n \n"},{"attributes":{"table-col":{"width":"100"}},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"How would you put this in your own words in 1-2 sentences? 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"},{"attributes":{"table-cell-line":{"rowspan":"1","colspan":"1","row":"1","cell":"1"},"row":"1","rowspan":"1","colspan":"1"},"insert":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Spencer Town, Albany County, New York, "},{"insert":"June 24, 1776\n\nJump code for The Quill Project - i36224\n\n“The town of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Spencer-Town"},{"insert":", in the County of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Albany"},{"insert":", and Province of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"New-York,"},{"insert":" in a full meeting, unanimously agreed, that as soon as the honourable continental Congress should see fit to declare the "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"American"},{"insert":" Colonies independent of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Great Britian"},{"insert":", they would support and defend the same with their lives and fortunes.” \n"},{"attributes":{"table-col":{"width":"100"}},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"How would you put this in your own words in 1-2 sentences? 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Local and State Declarations of Independence: Student Worksheet (Town Declarations April-July 1776)
The Continental Congress voted to break away from King George III on July 2, 1776. But they didn’t act alone—between April and July 1776, towns, counties, and states across the colonies had urged their representatives in Congress to vote for independence. This shows that ordinary Americans, not just a few leaders in Philadelphia, helped drive the decision to separate from Britain.
K-12 Classrooms Resources, Center for Constitutional Studies, Utah Valley University, accessed via www.quillproject.net.
These resources are not created or endorsed by the Quill Project or Pembroke College. For further information please contact Eleesha Tucker, ETucker@uvu.edu.
