Declare Your Independence...From Dictionary Look Ups

The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776 by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, with a preamble by John Adams and editing by Benjamin Franklin and other members of Congress, it's a complicated document that can be hard to read because its challenging vocabulary. 

Get to a place where you can read it without running to the dictionary by learning this list of Declaration of Independence Vocabulary. Or follow us on Twitter, where we'll be tweeting some great words from the list throughout the holiday weekend.