How would life change after the Declaration of Independence?
The Declaration of Independence was written mainly by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Continental Congress in 1776
Patriots now wanted the 13 colonies to form a new nation
Minutemen were soldiers who could fight the British in a minutes notice
Life at home changed, women and children helped out on farms and businesses
Sometimes young men would also go to battle with their fathers, playing the fife and drum, and young girls would help tend to the wounded