The Patriots are the group of colonists that faced hostility.
Loyalists. Hence the word taken from loyal.
The colonists in America made their final decision regarding their relationship with Britain on July 4, 1776 when they formally declared their independence from their mother country. After the Declaration of Independence was unanimously ratified by Congress, the thirteen colonies were committed to their war of independence from Britain.
Goodness, the Declaration of Independence didn't address the need of slaves, women, and definitely not Native Americans. Since the first encounter with European colonists the population of Native Americans had been impacted by environmental terrorism, discrimination, and death through various means. Their ancestral lands were stolen from them and just to survive many tribes had to move. Jefferson wrote that " all men were created equal " but he meant white land holding men nothing more nothing less.
Name of book written by Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru regarding Indian History was called Indian Declaration of Independence.
There wasn't a black president before the declaration of Independence. The first black president was voted into office way, way, way, way, way, way, WAY after the Signing of the Declaration Of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence was not intended to resolve equality issues. It was as much to get the support of the colonists for revolution as to notify the Crown that it might just as well go along with our declared independence because there was no turning back. This is just as well because the definition of what constitutes equality then is far different than it is today. For example slave ownership was still legal and would remain so for the next 88 years. Another example is that property owning males were the only ones allowed to vote. Equality and inequality were issues were more the topics of the Articles of Confederacy which we used as the founding documents for a dozen years before the US Constitution was ratified.
He wants to maintain his own independence.
he had slaves but wanted to end slavery when they were writing the declaration of independence. unfortunately his paragraph about slavery was not included.
a set of ethical principles for the medical community regarding human experimentation
A Last Will is a declaration regarding the disposition of a person's property after their death.
they were concerned about not being able to vote
The famous rhyme regarding this objection is "No taxation without representation." It refers to the fact that the colonists were faced with a variety of taxes and tariffs, but they had no way to protest in British parliament.