Matthew Vieten English 101 Professor Grattan 09/11/13 The Road Ahead Thomas Jefferson’s The Declaration of Independence serves as one of the most well respected manifestos ever written due to its almost unanimous support. The document sends a powerful message that no one man should have the power to enforce his will upon any amount of people without proper representation. Jefferson states countless misuses of power by the King in hopes of rallying up fellow colonists to fight back against the
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The Declaration of Independence. A document that not only shaped the government and the culture of the United States‚ but shaped the thinking of the entire world. Thomas Jefferson was asked by his committee to take on the job of writing the Declaration of Independence‚ and after some help from John Adams and Benjamin Franklin‚ the Declaration of Independence was sent to Congress. Congress ended up shortening the document by twenty-five percent‚ but Jefferson’s powerful words still remained. Consider
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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
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The Constitution did not fulfill the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence because it gave the government more power than the people. The Declaration of Independence promised that when the government failed the people‚ that they (the people) could overrule the the government and institute a new one. The Constitution on the other hand takes away rights of the people‚ and gives the government ultimate power. Although extremely helpful to our society and the way our country is run‚ the
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Grievances Translation 1. “He has refused his Assent to Laws‚ the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” Translation: The king has refused to sign into a law system where Courts administer justice. 2. “He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance‚ unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended‚ he has utterly neglected to attend to them.” Translation: The King has forbid his Governors to
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Through the publication of the Declaration of Independence‚ the American colonists began to be viewed as creating revolutionary ideals that all countries and empires should embody. They believed in the equality of all people and a government where the people decide their own rulers. All of these ideas seemed well and good‚ until the colonists actually began to create their country. Their promises did not adequately and perfectly describe what would truly happen when their independent rule began.
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declared its independence from the tyrannical government that was ruling over it‚ Great Britain. In the Declaration of Independence it states many of the ideals that Americans hold dear today. For many people though‚ it is a struggle to decide which ideal they find the most important. Natural rights‚ the right to alter or abolish the government‚ and the equality of all men are some of the most prominent ideals in the Declaration. Out of these three ideals‚ one stands out above the rest; that ideal is that
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When in life‚ sometimes it is necessary that you leave behind people or things you once cared for because of mistreatment or irritation. In this case‚ I never particularly cared and that may be part of the problem but I am still not getting the freedom I was promised when I started working. I deserve better treatment because I am a hard worker‚ I do not slack. I always make sure to give my job one-hundred percent. I have the right as a teenager to only work a couple days a week for a few hours
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Text Commentary of the Declaration of Independence ‘THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES’ (July4‚ 1776) This is a text commentary about ‘The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America’. The Declaration of Independence is a juridical and legal document written sometime between June 11 and June 28‚ 1776. The reason for that lapse of time is because a draft of the declaration was asked to a group of five delegates of the Continental Congress on June 11‚
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1776 Thomas Jefferson created the first draft of the declaration of independence‚ which of the 4 ideals is most important. In June 1776‚ Thomas Jefferson was asked to write a declaration of independence from England. In his draft‚ he listed several important ideals including equality‚ unalienable rights‚ consent of the governed and to alter or abolish government. Which goal in the declaration of independence was most important. Of these Ideals sure equality and unalienable rights are very significant
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