Question

Choose only the statements that CORRECTLY describe the creation and structure of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

The statements that correctly describe the creation and structure of the Declaration of Independence are:

• John Locke was an enlightened thinker who helped inspire the Declaration of Independece by coming up with the idea of the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
• Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, even though Richard Henry Lee was chosen to be so at first.
• The first part of the Declaration, which declares the purpose of the document, is called the Preamble, starting by the list of self-evident truths.
• One section of the Declaration is a list of 'self evident truths' that should be protected for all citizens. This is the first part of the Preamble. From the Declaration of Independence, "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness...".

As for the rest of the options:

• The committee that drafted the declaration was composed by five people, not ten. These people were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
• The list of grievances against the king was not removed from the declaration; it remains there, after the Preamble.
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