Home › 2008 version (100 questions) › #632008 version (100 questions)A: Colonial Period and IndependenceWhen was the Declaration of Independence adopted?🔊🔊Answer🔊ListenJuly 4, 1776ExplanationIt was adopted on July 4, 1776.← #62Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?#64 →There were 13 original states. Name three.A: Colonial Period and Independence#58What is one reason colonists came to America?#59Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?#60What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?#61Why did the colonists fight the British?#62Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?