Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1423
Points per Word
0.000351
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
This book examines events surrounding the creation of the Declaration of Independence in the late eighteenth century, discussing the reasons why colonists wanted freedom from British rule and why Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the document.