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"Founders" is the general term for the people who signed the Declaration of Independence.
To emphasize that women should have the same rights as men
well, break Declaration of Independence up: the root of Declaration is Declare-to say or state. Independent-meaning to not rely upon anyone else. So when our nations founders wrote the Declaration of Independence, they were pretty much saying: "We are our own nation now, we don't need you anymore. we are Independent. (We don't depend on you anymore) we can handle ourselves.**before it was written, America relied upon Britain for everything, and was ultimately controlled by Britain. So we "broke up" with them, and Declared our Independence/"Stated we are on our own"
Patrick Henry
The Declaration of Independence was written in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The exact place where the document was written is a historic building that is now called the Declaration House.
The Founders wrote the Declaration of Independence to officially break free from the british and to ensure freedom for all!
"Founders" is the general term for the people who signed the Declaration of Independence.
The Founders are, in a specific meaning, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. They are different from the Framers (who are sometimes referred to as Founding Fathers in a general sense), who drafted the Constitution.
We the People cannot, nor would we ever want to, change the wording of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration is not a governing document that can be amended like the Constitution. It is a letter from the Founders to the King of Britain.
Federal Republic. The Founders had a different conception of and generally disliked democracy.
US Supreme Court justices Taney and Douglas argued that if the Declaration of Independence was to include Blacks then the Founders would have immediately place them on an equality with whites.
Because they wanted to use arguments similar to those the U.S. founders used.
July 4, 1777. When the founders ratified the Declaration of Independence. That made it official, and our ability to maintain sovereignty (winning the Revolutionary War, thank you France!) after the declaration. Then winning the War of 1812 cemented our independence.
To emphasize that women should have the same rights as men
The terms "Founding Fathers" or "Founders" are often used to collectively describe the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. To refer only to the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the term "Continental Congress" is generally used. "Constitutional Convention delegates" would describe only the people who assembled to draft the Constitution.
The Declaration of Independence lays out the charges the colonists are making against England. It goes on to state what the colonists, via the Founders, believed to be our most important natural rights.
well, break Declaration of Independence up: the root of Declaration is Declare-to say or state. Independent-meaning to not rely upon anyone else. So when our nations founders wrote the Declaration of Independence, they were pretty much saying: "We are our own nation now, we don't need you anymore. we are Independent. (We don't depend on you anymore) we can handle ourselves.**before it was written, America relied upon Britain for everything, and was ultimately controlled by Britain. So we "broke up" with them, and Declared our Independence/"Stated we are on our own"