Text Analysis Facilitator Prep Sheet: Declaration of Indepenence

--Who is writing?
JOHN HANCOCK, JOSIAH BARTLETT, WM. WHIPPLE, MATTHEW, THORNTON.SAML. ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS,ROBT. TREAT PAINE, ELBRIDGE GERRY, STEP. HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY, ROGER SHERMAN, SAM'EL HUNTINGTON, WM. WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT.WM. FLOYD, PHIL. LIVINGSTON, FRANS. LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS, RICHD. STOCKTON, JNO. WITHERSPOON, FRAS. HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRA. CLARK.ROBT. MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJA. FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEO. CLYMER, JAS. SMITH, GEO. TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON,GEO. ROSS.CAESAR RODNEY, GEO. READ, THO. M'KEAN.SAMUEL CHASE, WM. PACA, THOS. STONE, CHARLES CARROLL of Carrollton.GEORGE WYTHE, RICHARD HENRY LEE, TH. JEFFERSON, BENJA. HARRISON, THS. NELSON, JR., FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, CARTER BRAXTON, WM. HOOPER,JOSEPH HEWES,
JOHN PENN,EDWARD RUTLEDGE, THOS. HAYWARD, JUNR., THOMAS LYNCH, JUNR., ARTHUR MIDDLETON.BUTTON GWINNETT,
LYMAN HALL, GEO. WALTON.

The representatives of the United States of America
--Who is the audience?
It says in the document that the world is the audience, “Let facts be submitted to a candid world”, but I also think that it was mainly aimed toward the British crown and the British people.
--Who do the writers represent?
The now United States of America
--What is being said, argued and/or requested?
What is being said is that the King messed up,” He has……” (All of these are the things the King has messed up) and the American people are declaring to Britain and the world that they are separating from Britain
--How is it being said, argued and/or requested?
It is declaring these facts, and I believe that the writers are a little bit angry with the need to write this document. Like we have said, they did not want to go to war or separate from Britain, so they were a little mad it came to this. In the document they were very cam and forthright though.
--What proof and/or justification is being used to legitimize the request?
The justification is that the crown has driven them away by not answering their calls for help and that the King has released them from his good graces