Are these documents still effective today? These documents are still very effective today. To begin with, the Declaration of Independence still reminds the American citizens that they still have the chance and the mandate to make new rules and laws that would govern them today as the world is very dynamic. According to this document, America is defined by specific ideas that make it equal to other countries ‘“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all …show more content…
The Declaration of Independence is a document in which the author sought to provide an explanation as to why the thirteen colonies were so much pressed to get their independence from the Great Britain. The document, therefore, is an explanation to the different kinds of laws that the Americans citizens could make as they fight for their independence. On the other hand, Common Sense by Thomas Paine is a document that acted as an inspiration to the Americans who resided in the thirteen colonies to fight for their independence from the Great Britain (United States, Jefferson, & Fink,