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 * Who: Thomas Jefferson was the creator -- John Adams, Benjamin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston helped write it. The Continental Congress signed and passed it in 1776.
 * What: Declaration of Independence, a document listing why they wanted to be independent; tension between Boston and British Troops
 * Where: Philadelphia, 1774 -- passed in 1776
 * Why: Great Britain and the King George III had too much power; The idea of freedom intoxicated all of them.
 * When: 1774, 1776

> "We have it in our power to begin the world anew" --Thomas Paine > > **__"The Declaration of Independence" to the tune of "Are You Sleeping?"__** > Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson, > wrote the Dec, la-ra-tion. > Of Independence, with the help of Congress, > From Bri-tain, from Bri-tain. > > The Declaration, of Independence, > was a doc, a doc listing > listing all the reasons, why we wanted freedom, > From the King, from the King. > > Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, > In Seventeen, Seventy-Four > Was the place, where it all began. > In two years, we were American. > > > > >
 * "The lines have been drawn--blows must decide" --KGIII