Declaration of Independence 

1. What observations can you make? 

2. What inferences can you make based on your observations and background knowledge?  These can be things you “think” as long as you have evidence to support your inference.

3. Why might it be that no one is sitting in the third chair?

4. Why did the artist choose to depict the four others all listening to Franklin?

5. Was meeting with Adams and Franklin a wise choice for Jefferson?  

6. What  does it say about how Jefferson felt toward the older men?