Fill in the Blanks Decleration Online version Three parts of the Decleration Source Clairmont Press by Aaron Stinson 1 Declaration independence Hall Walton Preamble body Thomas Gwinnett declared independent Jefferson complaints times On July 4th 1776 , over a year after the battles of Lexington and Concord , the Second Continental Congress approved the of . The three Georgians who signed the document were Dr . Lyman , George , and Button . The 1 , 458 word document , written primarily by , can be divided into three parts . The , or introduction , stated how the colonist felt about democracy . The second part , or , listed twenty twenty - seven grievances ( ) against King George III and his government that led the colonist to seek independence from Great Britain . The Third part , the conclusion , the colonies to be an nation for all future .
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