The Declaration of Independence
This document was created when the American colonist decided to declare their independence from England. A committee of delegates selected from each colony was appointed to write the declaration at the Second Continental Congress. These men consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman. The Declaration consists of three sections, the first was, “The Preamble”. The Preamble was discusses why the Continental Congress made up the Declaration, how we must break the ties with England and how we should become independent. They wanted this document to be known worldwide.
The second section was known as, “A Declaration of Rights”. The Declaration of Rights stated the principle that all men are created equal, how we are endowed to our creator, that we are to live life, have liberty and with the pursuit of happiness. To strive for the good of all people, in all this how we have the right to alter our government if it fails us. How our new government receives its power through the people, and agreement with each other.
The third section consisted of “A Bill of Indictment”. There were twenty-seven ways of how the king of England had deprived America of our liberty. Those twenty-seven reasons were how the king refused to agree to laws, which would benefit the public good. All the laws passed for the colonial legislatures had to be approved by King George, which he had rejected many of the laws because they were harmful to England and its empire. How the American Governors were not allowed to approve of any new laws in the colonies that did not have any clause to suspend its operation, unless the king approved the law. This could take years for the laws to be approved or rejected.
The king and his royal government failed to change the boundaries of all legislative districts for the people in new settled areas could be represented in the legislatures and then how they would meet the members of the new colonial assembly’s
The second section was known as, “A Declaration of Rights”. The Declaration of Rights stated the principle that all men are created equal, how we are endowed to our creator, that we are to live life, have liberty and with the pursuit of happiness. To strive for the good of all people, in all this how we have the right to alter our government if it fails us. How our new government receives its power through the people, and agreement with each other.
The third section consisted of “A Bill of Indictment”. There were twenty-seven ways of how the king of England had deprived America of our liberty. Those twenty-seven reasons were how the king refused to agree to laws, which would benefit the public good. All the laws passed for the colonial legislatures had to be approved by King George, which he had rejected many of the laws because they were harmful to England and its empire. How the American Governors were not allowed to approve of any new laws in the colonies that did not have any clause to suspend its operation, unless the king approved the law. This could take years for the laws to be approved or rejected.
The king and his royal government failed to change the boundaries of all legislative districts for the people in new settled areas could be represented in the legislatures and then how they would meet the members of the new colonial assembly’s
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