The Declaration is the Purpose Document, also referred to as the Charter Document coming before the Articles of Confederation (1781), and later the Constitution (1789), followed by the Bill of Rights(1791).
Hopefully this little puzzle will give the reader the opportunity to slow down and finger through these words. To give these words, these sentences, some deep thought and then to find a fun cache.
Answer the following questions to obtain the coordinates of this cache.
The cache is not at the listed coordinates
N 45 AB.CDE W 122 FG.HIJ
A = But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute "?", it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
What word is missing? How many letters are in that word? Subtract 7 from the total number of letters in that word to get A
B = We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are..........
How many unalienable rights are listed after these words? This number will be B
C = That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to "?" it, and to institute new Government
How many letters are in the missing word? Subtract the total number of letters by 1 to get C
D = When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political "?" which have connected them with another,.....
How many letters are in the missing word? Subtract the total number of letters by 1 to get D
E = How many men signed the Declaration of Independence?
Answer is _6. Fill in the blank for E
F = He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither "?" of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
Subtract 2 from the total number of letters of the missing word to get F
G = The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. "
The King was King George the ? Subtract 1 from his title to get G
H = In every stage of these ? We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.
The missing word starts with what letter. Now think of that letter as a number and that is H
I = And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred ?.
How many letters are in the missing word? Add 3 to the total number of letters to get I
J = Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the "?"
How many letters are in the missing word? Subtract 5 from the total number of letters to get J
Ben Franklin also has a clue to share and I quote "Under Lady Liberty, who wears a gown of white needles, lays the rock of freedom and by who guards the freedom log.
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