1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed. Eleven years later the Constitution was born. 26 years after that the Bill Of Rights was added to the Constitution. These three documents represent what it means to be an American. The Declaration of Independence was made to free ourselves from the rule of the King. The Constitution was written to make sure the government that was being created would not resemble the ruling of a king. They wanted to make sure that they had a strong government‚ yet not
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The Declaration of Independence‚ in 1776‚ written by Thomas Jefferson was the document that declared America wanted nothing to do with Great Britain and desired to be their own country. In the video‚ Jefferson includes key arguments about why the colonies needed to separate from the British. Jefferson believes that all people are born with the unalienable rights‚ life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. He says that when these rights are not given‚ the people have the right to abolish the government
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Many events occurred during the first battles of the war to become independent. These battles were the first to show that the colonist wants independence‚ and would do anything to win. The first battles were “The Battles of Lexington and Concord” which declared the American Revolutionary War. With the first battle at Lexington‚ the town knew the Redcoats were coming‚ thanks to William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott. When the Redcoats and the minutemen‚ who were prepared for their arrival‚ “the shot
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The Declaration of Independence contains fascinating ideas of good government. The ideas that benefit the people are natural rights or inalienable rights‚ and all men are created equal. Besides containing laws that benefit the people it also includes ideas that prevent power corruption from any form of government and makes the only reason for a government existing is to protect the people’s natural rights. What natural rights or inalienable rights are is the rights that cannot be taken away from
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The True Meaning of the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence states‚ “We [the Founding Fathers] 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 life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness (US 1776).” The Declaration of Independence was published on July 4‚ 1776‚ after seventeen days of deliberate debate about what would be the foreground of a new nation. The
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Critique of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America After having read the totality of the document‚ through my own personal criteria‚ I can infer that the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America did not fulfil the purpose it was drafted for. It is ineffective‚ it is hypocritical‚ and it’s a mere list of complaints that‚ had the Revolutionary War turned out otherwise‚ would’ve have been tantamount to a grocery list. The Declaration of Independence of the United
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Declaration of Independence As Americans we have certain rights or principles. These seven rights are written on the Declaration of Independence. The United States is upholding the principles of the Declaration of Independence very well‚ especially the first and second principles. The first principle is about how everyone deserves equality. “All men are created equal” (Thomas Jefferson). This shows that even upon those times they thought of equality‚ however Thomas Jefferson was only talking about
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The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in American history. This document‚ written by Thomas Jefferson and the colonists‚ was their explanation for why they were unhappy with the way things were going in England at the time and how they planned on fixing it. It was written to be persuasive and to get the reader‚ King George III and his government‚ to understand why they felt the way they did. His argument was very effective because of the way he set up this document
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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
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The Declaration of Independence” changed from the early drafts to the final document signed in 1776 because of the need to eliminate some aspects. There was a need to delete the attack on slavery in the initial drafts of “The Declaration of Independence” . The issue sparked a heated debate among the delegates who gathered in Philadelphia. The clause was instead replaced with a different passage about domestic insurrection. According to Walton‚ Hall and Gwinnett‚ the deletion of the passage on slavery
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