quEstions 1～5
thomAs jEFFErson DrAFtED thEDEClArAtion oF inDEpEnDEnCE in philADElphiA BEhinD A vEil oF CongrEssionAlly imposED sECrECy in junE 1776 For A Country wrACkED By militAry AnD politiCAl unCErtAintiEs. in AntiCipAtion oF A votE For inDEpEnDEnCE, thEContinEntAlCongrEss on junE 11 AppointED thomAs jEFFErson, johnADAms,BEnjAmin FrAnklin, rogEr shErmAn, AnD roBErt r. livingston As A CommittEE to DrAFt A DEClArAtion oF inDEpEnDEnCE. thE CommittEE thEn DElEgAtED thomAs jEFFErson to unDErtAkE thE tAsk. jEFFErson workED DiligEntly in privAtE For DAys to ComposE A DoCumEnt. prooF oF thE ArDuous nAturE oF thE work CAn BE sEEn in thE FrAgmEnt oF thE First known Composition DrAFt oF thE DEClArAtion, whiCh is on puBliC DisplAy hErE For thE First timE.
jEFFErson thEn mADE A ClEAn or "FAir" Copy oF thE Composition DEClArAtion, whiCh BECAmE thE FounDAtion oF thE DoCumEnt, lABElED By jEFFErson As thE "originAl rough DrAught. " rEvisED First ByADAms, thEn By FrAnklin, AnD thEn By thE Full CommittEE, A totAl oF Forty-sEvEn AltErAtions inCluDing thE insErtion oF thrEE ComplEtE pArAgrAphs wAs mADE on thE tExt BEForE it wAs prEsEntED toCongrEss on junE 28.AFtEr voting For inDEpEnDEnCE on july 2, thECongrEss thEn ContinuED to rEFinE thE DoCumEnt, mAking thirty-ninE ADDitionAl rEvisions to thE CommittEE DrAFt BEForE its FinAl ADoption on thE morning oF july 4. thE "originAl roughDrAught" EmBoDiEs thE multipliCity oF CorrECtions, ADDitions AnD DElEtions thAt wErE mADE At EACh stEp.Although most oF thE AltErAtions ArE in jEFFErson’s hAnDwriting (jEFFErson lAtEr inDiCAtED thE ChAngEs hE BEliEvED to hAvE BEEn mADE ByADAms AnD FrAnklin), quitE nAturAlly hE opposED mAny oF thE ChAngEs mADE to his DoCumEnt.
CongrEss thEn orDErED thEDEClArAtion oF inDEpEnDEnCE printED AnD lAtE on july 4, johnDunlAp, A philADElphiA printEr, proDuCED thE First printED tExt oF thEDEClArAtion oF inDEpEnDEnCE, now known As thE "DunlApBroADsiDE. " thE nExt DAy john hAnCoCk, thE prEsiDEnt oF thEContinEntAlCongrEss, BEgAn DispAtChing CopiEs oF thEDEClArAtion toAmEriCA’s politiCAl AnD militAry lEADErs. on july 9, gEorgE wAshington orDErED thAt his pErsonAl Copy oF thE "DunlApBroADsiDE," sEnt to him By john hAnCoCk on july 6, BE rEAD to thE AssEmBlEDAmEriCAn Army At nEw york. in 1783 At thE wAr’s EnD, gEnErAl wAshington Brought his Copy oF thE BroADsiDE homE to mount vErnon. this rEmArkABlE DoCumEnt, whiCh hAs ComE Down to us only pArtiAlly intACt, is ACCompAniED in this ExhiBit By A ComplEtE "DunlApBroADsiDE"—onE oF only twEnty-Four known to Exist.
on july 19,CongrEss orDErED thE proDuCtion oF An EngrossED (oFFiCiAlly insCriBED) Copy oF thEDEClArAtion oF inDEpEnDEnCE, whiCh AttEnDing mEmBErs oF thEContinEntAlCongrEss, inCluDing somE who hAD not votED For its ADoption, BEgAn to sign onAugust 2, 1776. this DoCumEnt is on pErmAnEnt DisplAy At thE nAtionAlArChivEs.
on july 4, 1995, morE thAn two CEnturiEs AFtEr its Composition, thEDEClArAtion oF inDEpEnDEnCE, just As jEFFErson prEDiCtED on its FiFtiEth AnnivErsAry in his lEttEr to rogErC、wEightmAn, towErs AloFt As "thE signAl oF Arousing mEn to Burst thE ChAins.., to AssumE thE BlEssings AnD sECurity oF sElF-govErnmEnt" AnD to rEstorE "thE FrEE right to thE unBounDED ExErCisE oF rEAson AnD FrEEDom oF opinion. \
______ wErE mADE on thE tExt BEForE AnD AFtEr it wAs prEsEntED to thECongrEss.
A、47 AltErAtions in ADDition to thE insErtion oF thrEE ComplEtE pArAgrAphs
B、47 AltErnAtions
C、39 rEvisions
D、86 rEvisions