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☆☆☆☆☆Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been expressed by John Locke and the Continental philosophers. What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country. Allison Mari
It turned a rebellion into a fight for freedom.
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the adoption of the Declaration of Independence sparked bitter disunity among the colonists.
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Any passage, no matter the size, has a main idea. Finding it can be as easy as looking to the first sentence of the passage. In most higher-level texts, however, finding the "main idea" can be much more difficult than this. The questions you should ask yourself should be asked after three full readings of the passage. These are the questions I ask myself:
1. Why did the author write this? What is their personal attachment to this topic?
2. What is the focus of the passage? Is it a character? A place?
3. Is there action in the passage? Does the character do something or does something happen at the place?
4. What is the context of this passage? What is going on in both the writing and the author's life that corresponds to this piece.
These four questions will almost always give you a deep understanding of the passage. Combine them and it will give you a simple sentence that is the main idea.
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