Handout C: The Structure of the Declaration

Handout C: The Structure of the Declaration

Directions: As you read the Declaration, explain the contents of your assigned sections.

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1. Introduction
   When, in the course of human events …
2. Preamble
   We hold these truths to be self-evident. ..
3. Indictment
   He has refused …
4. Indictment (cont.)
   For quartering large bodies of troops …
5. Denunciation
   Nor have We been wanting …
6. Conclusion
   We, therefore, the Representatives …
7. Signatures