Street Smarts: The Declaration of Independence

today's episode of Street smarts Civics Edition is on the Declaration of Independence visit prageru kids.com to download this handy and awesome infographic and play along [Music] this is Street smarts a game show on the street where contestants are rewarded for their knowledge [Applause] [Music] welcome to Street Smart Civics Edition I am your host Kali fontanilla with prageru kids and we are here at the beautiful Santa Monica pier and we are going to see what kids know about the Declaration of Independence and I want you to have some fun with us let's go America okay Uncle Sam all right so what is your name Ella all right welcome to Street smarts we're going to be testing your knowledge on the Declaration of Independence yes and the questions go from easy to hard you can always buy a clue for two dollars for five dollars you can ask an adult and as soon as you get a question wrong you are eliminated all right first question what is the name of the document America used to declare its independence from Britain Declaration of Independence name of the document America used to declare its independence from Britain the Declaration of Independence [Music] I feel like that's kind of a trick question Declaration of Independence there you go that's right nice job American independence oh it's the Declaration of Independence Declaration of Independence the Constitution oh Declaration of in the constant Declaration of Independence [Music] question two what day do we celebrate America's Declaration of Independence a Memorial Day B the Fourth of July Cinco de Mayo D President's Day reply say it again the Fourth of July yeah through July yes oh yeah good good I thought I would I think that's my day be July 4th awesome Jason guy yes Fourth of July Memorial Day oh it's actually Fourth of July what year did Congress officially accept the Declaration of Independence a 1492 B 1776 C 1844 d 1999. 1776. that was a very confident 1776 America yes you have it right yes just repeating your answers where's the water I know team 44. oh that was such a good guess you should have bought a clue 1776 you got it you got it you got it you listen to Hamilton the musical haven't you I knew it be 1776. man this is good America proud right here I get a clue okay give that money back to Uncle Sam taxation without representation but what are you gonna do here's your clue it's math the correct answer is 888 times two okay okay 888 times two yeah 1776 you got it yes there's the two back and one two three and all that tax money I'm just kidding the Declaration of Independence states that all men are created blank with certain inalienable rights all men are created equals all men are created equal she's got more add it to the stacks Uncle Sam he's crying usually I'm taking money out of pockets not giving it equal I love that I love that equal yes she is correct it is equal yes you can now buy a cheap pair of sunglasses got it Jason's got it Jason's got it yes zaldar do you know the answer didn't think so all right here we go what are the three inalienable rights cited in the Declaration of Independence a life liberty and the pursuit of happiness B Peace safety and freedom C free Health Care Free Housing and free tacos life liberty and the pursuit of happiness he got it that was confident that is gonna count it anymore doing too good Uncle Sam's going bro a life liberty and the pursuit of happiness thought it was free tacos who taught you all this your teacher your parents to that teacher three four five hey yes yes [Music] oh that's the problem you got coffee you got coffee no [Music] who wrote the Declaration of Independence a Thomas Jefferson B John Adams it's over all right all right who teaches this girl where's the wire where's the wire someone's feeding you mommy fingered me okay all right Thomas Jefferson man you are making your teachers proud you're making your mom proud that is correct who's back three more makes it five greenbacks look at this no pressure no pressure yeah no pressure all right you can buy a clue Thomas Jefferson this girl you guys you are correct clue correct yeah very funny she's just cleaning out are we getting hustled here too three four five the third part of the Declaration of Independence is a list of grievances or complaints who were those grievances against [Music] huh so remember the questions get harder so you can buy a clue and you can also ask an adult here all right two dollars give that money down America was seeking independence from this leader of a country [Music] she's like oh yeah yeah you want to ask an adult yeah okay she wants to ask an adult for five dollars so you have to give her five bucks all right but she can ask you guys is anyone gonna rescue her on this question England thank you all right she got rescued thank you so much foreign [Music] King George [Music] you are making America proud you really are you really are is that getting heavy you need me to take some back no okay I want to make sure all right we have our final question which is worth twenty dollars here we go who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence a John Hickory B John Hancock C John Adams or D John Bon Jovi goodbye clue or ask a parent if you're not sure because it's twenty dollars John Adams oh you're so close [Music] the second guest America good job Aslan who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence [Music] okay all right so yeah you'll never forget that now she'll never forget that who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence Sean Hancock John Hancock John Hancock is Ella Ella Ella hey hey there you go the Declaration of Independence was a landmark document completely unique to the United States of America it spelled out three things principles for good government how King George III's oppressive rule did not measure up to that standard and a formal Declaration of the 13 colonies independence from Great Britain in today's episode we learned that the Declaration of Independence was originally drafted by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4th 1776. the introductory statement including the Preamble announces the creation of a new country and proclaimed that all persons are created equal and have three unalienable rights life liberty and the pursuit of happiness our founding fathers literally wanted us to be happy and free the first person to sign the Declaration was John Hancock his signature was so fancy and large that we still use his name to ask people for their signature today thanks to all our contestants for participating in today's episode of Street smarts Civics Edition y'all are true Patriots come back oh God Bless America and God save my soul what day do we celebrate America's Declaration of Independence 18th [Applause] I want you to earn some money I don't know I'm gonna lose my hat hey thanks for watching this episode we hope you learned a lot you know we have more 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