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However, the most apparent difference between the original rough draft and the final draft is Jefferson’s damnation of the British slave trade. This page shows the changes made over the course of the Declaration’s drafting and revisions. Specifically, it details the changes that occured between when Jefferson wrote his rough draft and the revision that was ultimately approved by Congress on 4 July 1776. View Declaration of Independece.pdf from ENGLISH 1301 at Silva Health Magnet High School . Differences between Manuscript copies of the Declaration of Independence (distinct from the rough drafts and clean copies) are simply handwritten copies of the final, approved text. This project asks students to take an analytical look at both Jefferson's draft and the final document and discover the differences between them in light of the purpose of the Declaration, its intended audience, and the requirements put upon its creators by the politics of times in which it was written. The final draft of the Declaration of Independence differed from the first draft in several ways: Language and tone: The final draft included several changes in language and tone to make the document more persuasive and powerful. Directions: Read through each version and circle or underline unfamiliar words. Then make notes, or draw lines and arrows, to identify or indicate differences between the “Rough draught” and the first printed version. Thomas Jefferson's "original Rough draught” of the Declaration of Independence* From a comparison of it with the facsimile of Jefferson's rough draft, it is evident that it represents the first phrasing of the paper. The text in the second column is approximately that reported by the committee to Congress, and is taken from Jefferson's rough draft. Jefferson created the original draft of the Declaration of Independence before it was edited by the Continental Congress. Some of the major difference between the original and the final version include: replacing “sacred and undeniable” with “self-evident” and “that from that equal creation they derive in right inherent and inalienable” with “they are endowed by This article analyzed the preamble to the Declaration of Independence and outlined the difference between the Jefferson’s draft product and the original product. Some of the changes that was identified in this article included the changing of the wording from “sacred and undeniable” truth in the draft to become “self-evident” truth in Using carefully prepared excerpts, students compare and analyze differences between Jefferson's original rough draft of the Declaration of Independence and the final version of the document. Jump to: Preparation Procedure Evaluation This lesson focuses on the drafting of the Declaration of Independence in June of 1776 in Philadelphia. Students will analyze an unidentified historical document and draw conclusions about what this document was for, who created it, and why. After the document is identified as Thomas Jefferson’s “original Rough draught” of the Declaration of Students explain the differences between the Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence and the final version of the document. Students work together in cooperative groups. Keywords Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, draft, Continental Congress Materials Needed The Rough Draft in its present form is thus the ‘original paper,’ together with all, or nearly all, the corrections, additions, and erasures made between the day on which Jefferson submitted it to Franklin and Adams and the 4 of July when Congress adopted the Declaration in its final form. Editor: The two final paragraphs, in their original and amended forms, were placed next to each other in H. A. Washington’s edition: the original draft appeared in a left hand column, and the amended and final version were placed in a right hand column. Jefferson’s Original Draft: After Jefferson wrote the Declaration, John Adams and Ben Franklin changed some of the wording. Then, more words were changed when the Continental Congress voted to approve the document. For A variety of qualified people were chosen to write the Declaration of Independence, but in the end, Thomas Jefferson was appointed. The final draft was supposed to be inspiring through its language to give people hope and freedom. With this in mind, Thomas Jefferson had a lot of pressure being the author of the final draft. The first draft contains everything you wanted to say. The final draft contains everything you needed to say—those things that are essential to the story. The first draft is likely to have more - What does the existence of multiple copies of the Declaration tell us? Resources used to create this activity: -The Declaration of Independence: Four 1776 Versions, APS 2014 - Declaration Resources Project, -The Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson’s Manuscript Draft, APS 2000
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