Thomas Jefferson Declaration Of Independence Summary

Thomas Jefferson was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1743. At that time, slavery had been in Virginia almost 75 years (Jefferson’s Views on Slavery). Thomas Jefferson was intelligent and shy, however, his writing skill was a powerful weapon. In 1774, he wrote A Summary View of the Rights of British America. This booklet devoted many ideas for one of his most famous compositions – the Declaration of Independence. It was written in 1776. and this document is about not only human rights but also as “America’s most succinct statement of its philosophy of government” (Thomas Jefferson: Life in Brief.) Besides that, Jefferson’s workmate, George Mason, was the first one who advised an idea “pursuing happiness” in the Declaration of Independence. However, Thomas Jefferson believed his own words in the Declaration of Independence by different ways, for example, a main purpose of the document was “all men are created equal”, his aspects about black people and slavery were complicated, and
Jefferson predicated “America’s ideals of freedom and quality,” which come around the world. The document showed about the equality among the human, why it is important and how to do treat people equally (The Constitution and Slavery.) In the first part of the document, Thomas Jefferson mentioned we have the rights, we have our own independence, and we do not depend on England anymore; therefore, we are equal. Besides that, he also gave many evidences to persuade spectator, for examples, the taxes or the Trade. After the document was read, many states in the North of America used Jefferson’s words “all men are created equal” as their slogan to free slaves. Furthermore, in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr repeated Jefferson’s worlds when he stood in front of Lincoln Memorial, and that sentence was repeated on a women’s right meeting in 1848 (Jefferson and the Declaration of