4th of July

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  1. 3. Explosive devices used to celebrate the holiday
  2. 6. Building in which the document was signed
  3. 8. Number of colonies that signed the document
  4. 9. The principle author of the Declaration of Independence
  5. 11. First and largest signature on the document
  6. 12. Sewed together the first American Flag
  7. 13. Thrown into the Boston Harbor as a protest against taxes
  8. 14. First state to recognize the holiday
  9. 15. Number of Signers that signed the document
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  1. 1. President that was born on this day
  2. 2. He put forth the motion to declare Independence
  3. 4. City in which the Second Continental Congress met in to Draft the Declaration of Independence
  4. 5. Declared independence from
  5. 7. know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!''
  6. 10. Wrote the Star Spangled Banner