title: The Declaration of Independence and John Adams of Massachusetts (Framers of the Declaration of Independence)
author:  Kathy Furgang 
description: Grade 3-4-Each of these slim titles offers selected biographical data. Captioned historical documents, portraits, and paintings provide visual interest and additional facts. More detailed information about Adams can be found in Anne Welsbacher's John Adams (ABDO, 1998), while Jay Schleifer's Our Declaration of Independence (Millbrook, 1992) has more in-depth material about the document itself. The large print and single-topic pages make these supplemental purchases accessible to students with limited attention spans and reading abilities.<BR><I>Janie Schomberg, Leal Elementary School, Urbana, IL </I><BR>Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  _“Pulling Down the Statue of George III, by the ‘Sons of Freedom,’” by
  Johannes A. Oertel, 1853. Upon learning of the Declaration of Independence, a
  New York City crowd tore down the statue of King George III on Bowling Green.
  Courtesy of the Library of Congress (LC-USZ62-2455)._
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For the Kelmans: Ari, Lesley, Jacob, Ben,  
  and especially  
  WYATT
  
  
  And in memory of Caroline Cox
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _By what means, this great and important Alteration in  
  the religious, Moral, political and Social Character of  
  the People of thirteen Colonies, all distinct, unconnected  
  and independent of each other, was begun, pursued  
  and accomplished is surely interesting to Humanity to  
  investigate, and perpetuate to Posterity._
  
  
  —JOHN ADAMS, 1818
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CONTENTS
  
  
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  [LIST OF MAPS](map.xhtml#map_1)
  
  
  [LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS](ill.xhtml#ill_1)
  
  
  [INTRODUCTION](int_split_001.xhtml#int_1)
  
  
  [1\. COLO