Declaring Independence

Declaring independence with the signing of the Declaration of Independence was a difficult first step, as differences needed to be overcome. The next years between declaring and actually gaining independence, would be filled with much hardship, deprivation, and death.

SETTING: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 1776

7 Reading parts: Narrator, Richard Henry Lee, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock,

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson

Number of pages: 8

Performance time: 3-4 minutes

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