The Declaration of Independence / Mazer, Anne

This year the Fall Festival at the high school wiil be the best ever. Abby wants to go wisth her friends-- not her parents and little brother. But first she has to prove how mature she has become.

Tells about the Declaration of Independece and who signed it, where it was signed why it was made and what it contains.

Learn the story of the courageous founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and John Adams who dared to strive for independence from British rule.

Examines the political situation in America at the time of the troubles between England and her colonies there and describes how the Declaration of Independence was written and accepted.