1. The declaration of independence By: Johnathan and Brennen

2. What was the declaration of independence and what if it was never signed ? Essential Question

3. What is the declaration of independence ? Official document Stating that America does not want to be part of Britain. Signed by 56 officials

4. Names of all 56 signers Delaware George Read Caesar Rodney Thomas McKeanGeorge ReadCaesar RodneyThomas McKean Pennsylvania George Clymer Benjamin Franklin Robert Morris John Morton Benjamin Rush George Ross James Smith James Wilson George TaylorGeorge ClymerBenjamin FranklinRobert MorrisJohn MortonBenjamin RushGeorge Ross James SmithJames WilsonGeorge Taylor Massachusetts John Adams Samuel Adams John Hancock Robert Treat Paine Elbridge GerryJohn AdamsSamuel AdamsJohn HancockRobert Treat PaineElbridge Gerry New Hampshire Josiah Bartlett William Whipple Matthew ThorntonJosiah BartlettWilliam WhippleMatthew Thornton Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins William ElleryStephen HopkinsWilliam Ellery New York Lewis Morris Philip Livingston Francis Lewis William FloydLewis MorrisPhilip LivingstonFrancis LewisWilliam Floyd Georgia Button Gwinnett Lyman Hall George WaltonButton GwinnettLyman HallGeorge Walton Virginia Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Carter Braxton Benjamin Harrison Thomas Jefferson George Wythe Thomas Nelson, Jr.Richard Henry LeeFrancis Lightfoot LeeCarter BraxtonBenjamin HarrisonThomas JeffersonGeorge WytheThomas Nelson, Jr. North Carolina William Hooper John Penn Joseph HewesWilliam HooperJohn PennJoseph Hewes South Carolina Edward Rutledge Arthur Middleton Thomas Lynch, Jr. Thomas Heyward, Jr.Edward RutledgeArthur MiddletonThomas Lynch, Jr.Thomas Heyward, Jr. New Jersey Abraham Clark John Hart Francis Hopkinson Richard Stockton John WitherspoonAbraham ClarkJohn HartFrancis HopkinsonRichard StocktonJohn Witherspoon Connecticut Samuel Huntington Roger Sherman William Williams Oliver WolcottSamuel HuntingtonRoger ShermanWilliam WilliamsOliver Wolcott Maryland Charles Carroll Samuel Chase Thomas Stone William PacaCharles CarrollSamuel ChaseThomas StoneWilliam Paca

5. Map of America After independence Thirteen British Colonies before independence

6. What would have happened if the declaration of independence was never signed? many things would never have happened. things like france revolting against king louis the XVI wouldn't have happened, america wouldn't be a free country,the war between the americans and the english would have been a civil war Because the americans would still be part of the thirteen colonies owned by the british. everything that happened because of the decleration of independance

7. websites used: n/a,history,published by A&E networks,created 2015 http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence n/a,wikipedia,published by wikimedia,created 2001, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence n/a,wikipedia,published by wikimedia,created 2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_signers_of_the_United_States_Constitution