The Declaration of Independence was written and created with the purpose of the colonists gaining freedom from Great Britain. The colonists were tired of being taken advantage of with strict laws and crazy taxes. This document was approved on July 4th, 1776. It was hand-written by Thomas Jefferson. The first part explains why it was written, the second part contains how King George has failed as a King and how he has violated them, and finally the third and last part of the Declaration of Independence is the actual Declaration and all of the colonies are said to be the United States of America.…
The colonists had many reasons to declare independence against Britain. The colonists believed the British were unfair to the colonists, one way was by taxation without representation. The colonists had no representatives in Parliament, so when Parliament passed taxes without the consent of the colonists, they believed it was very unfair, and they shouldn’t have to pay the taxes. Also, the British put many taxes on goods for the colonists. Some examples of these taxes were the sugar act, a tax on sugar, the stamp act, the law to buy a stamp for every single paper they had, and the tea act, which not only taxed the colonists for tea, but it also allowed the British to have control of all tea trade. The colonists did not like these taxes because…
The declaration of Independence was written in order that the colonists would have freedom from King George III. The colonists failed to like the concept of being taken advantage of with the strict laws and insane taxes. The document was written by Thomas Jefferson and was approved on July 4th, 1776. It first begins with an introduction of why the statement became written. Then the second one states how the King has violated their rights and how he has failed as a king. The ending is the official declaration of Independence and the colonies are renamed America of the United States.…
The Declaration of Independence was the official statement by the Colonies to the British government that the colonies had rights to go to war against government and obtain freedom. They would no longer serve British King nor his rules. The Declaration of Independence also states civil rights for women. They are now treated the same as men and all races are treated equally.…
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Written mainly by Thomas Jefferson,…
On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed. The thirteen colonies were no longer under King George III rule. It was a new world that needed a new type of leadership. On July 12, 1776 the Second Congress proposed the Articles of Confederation. The articles were ratified by all thirteen states on March 1, 1781.…
The purpose of The Declaration of Independence in 1776 was to give the other countries of the world the reasons the colonists had for their war with England. The Revolutionary War already started and many major battles had been fought. The colonists were trying to not have any connections with England and had already gotten rid of most of the major connections. They also started to make their own country by establishing a congress, their own currency, an army, and a post office. In 1776 Congress decided they should put together a formal declaration of independence. Congress appointed five members to create this new document.…
On July 4th, 1776 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence, which became one of the most important and influential documents in history. It agreed to “mutually pledge to each other, our fortunes, our lives and our sacred honor.” The document made it clear that the thirteen American colonies that were at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer as part of the British Empire. The men knew that by signing this they were committing treason but they did it anyways in the hope to give the American colonies freedom.…
The declaration of Independence asserted the rights of the American colonies to gain independence as ties…
The Declaration of Independence was a paper written by five men; Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston. It was made because the colonist were done with laws, taxes and acts from the king. The Declaration of Independence symbolized that the colonies were no longer part the the British Crown and Freedom for most people. That was the the end with the battles and arguments with the British.…
The reason for the Declaration, or how it came to be, was a myriad of issues and slights against the colonists by the British government. Delegates from every colony met to decide how to liberate themselves from Mother England. They had already been at war over the “taxation without representation” issue and it continued to escalate. The colonists were convinced that Parliament didn’t care about them, proven by the fact that they were not allowed to represent themselves. As a result the Second Continental congress met and more than a month later the Declaration was proposed.1…
The Declaration of Independence 1.) There is a list of 18 wrongs presented in the Declaration of Independence. The list presents the beliefs of the colonist on how to make America great. A mission of the list was to strengthen the royal control over the colonies. The purpose of the list was to declare the wrong doing of America and how to make it a well organized and successful country.…
The Declaration of Independence Primarily was drafted by the founding fathers as a formal declaration to the Colonies as well as the British Monarchy that they were absolving, and becoming Free & Independent States. The Declaration of Independence also outlines the many injustices that the King of Great Britain had been doing such ad cutting off trade to other parts of the world, obstructing the administration of justice, forcing the colonies to quarter the King’s Armies, and imposing taxes on the Colonies without consent. The Declaration of Independence then goes on to state that the Colonies have the full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract Alliances, establish commerce, ad do all that an independent state would do.…
The Declaration of Independence was very much a way for the colonists to air some of their particular grievances with British rule. The different complaints that are represented in the Declaration are also very valid in terms of what they were dealing with, and these are the key reason that this document was written in the first place.…
the people sent it to the British king and do you know what he did?…
