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PUZZLE #9 - DECLARATION

IN-CONTEXT WORD DEFINITIONS

signature: A person’s handwritten name used to approve or authenticate a document. The mark left by each delegate, including John Hancock's famous bold script, on the founding document.

quill: A pen made from a bird feather and used for writing in the eighteenth century. The writing tool used by the delegates to draft and sign the document declaring independence.

grievance: A complaint about an unfair action or condition such as those listed against King George III. One of the many colonial complaints listed in the document to justify breaking from Britain.

parchment: A durable writing material made from treated animal skin used for historic documents. The treated animal-skin surface on which the founding document was carefully inscribed.

unanimous: Fully agreed upon by every person involved in a decision. The shared agreement among the delegates needed to adopt the declaration on July 4, 1776.

preamble: The introductory section of a formal document that explains its purpose. The opening lines that lay out the founding principles behind the colonies' break from Britain.

inkwell: A small container that holds ink for a pen or quill. The small vessel of ink dipped into by the delegates as they signed the founding document.

statesmen: Experienced political leaders who help guide a nation’s public affairs. The Continental Congress delegates whose leadership produced the declaration of independence.

engraving: An image or text made by cutting a design into a hard surface for printing. A printed reproduction that helped spread the words of the declaration to the public.

ratification: The formal approval that makes an agreement or document officially valid. The formal adoption by Congress that made the declaration of independence official.

archives: A collection or storage place for important historical records and documents. The protected repository where the original declaration is preserved for generations to see.

Secret Word: A durable writing material made from treated animal skin used for historic documents. The treated animal-skin surface on which the founding document was carefully inscribed.