Benjamin Franklin and the rest of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were actually subjects to Britain,technically. By signing and saying they wanted independence was showing they wanted a revolution and therefore treason to Britain. So, anyone who signed it was showing they wanted to betray the government.
Source: Treason in The Revolution by David Maxey
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The Declaration of Independence
"John Hancock" is presumably the problematic term in that phrase, the rest of it is pretty straightforward. "John Hancock" is slang for "signature", coming from the very prominent signature of John Hancock on the US Declaration of Independence. The John Hancock Life Insurance company had a commercial jingle featuring the line "put your John Hancock on the John Hancock".
The unalienable rights of the declaration of independence.
The words are from the Declaration of Independence.
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Among others, the natiral rights outlined in the Declaration of Independence are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
John Hancock was first to sign the declaration of independence. Many thought his large signature was ego (which some of it may have been), but he was also making a statement by signing so large and putting his life on the line.
is core to the notion of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence.
Men risked their life to sign the declaration of independence, because they wanted their independence as a nation, and believed they would get it.
There are three natural rights according to the Declaration of Independence. They are: life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
Declaration of Independence Cope of Napoleon
life and liberty