When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Explanation

The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.

Why it matters

That date is celebrated every year as Independence Day.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 63 is not in the 65/20 set. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more studies only the 20 marked questions, so this one would not be asked. Everyone else studies all 100.

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Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different question, which is what makes it tempting.

• the United Statesanswers Question 52: What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
• War of 1812answers Question 72: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
• (Woodrow) Wilsonanswers Question 79: Who was President during World War I?

More Colonial Period and Independence questions

Questions the officer draws from the same part of the test. Studying them together is what keeps their answers apart.

• Question 58: What is one reason colonists came to America?freedom · political liberty · religious freedom · economic opportunity · practice their religion · escape persecution
• Question 59: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?American Indians · Native Americans
• Question 60: What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?Africans · people from Africa
• Question 61: Why did the colonists fight the British?because of high taxes (taxation without representation) · because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) · because they didn't have self-government
• Question 62: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?(Thomas) Jefferson