Declaration of Independence

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The preamble

NO. They are not the same. The Declaration of Independence broke our nation's tie with Great Britain. It was a declaration of our independence. The Constitution was the document that followed. It set our rule of government and how our nation would function.

She didn’t ask him to include anything in the Declaration, but it was the constitution. The Declaration was an open letter to the king telling him the colonies grievances and declaring independence. She asked him to consider women’s rights while working on the constitution. She was an early feminist, but it was to no avail because women in the 1700’s had no rights for anything in government or society.

John Hancock has the distinction of being both the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence as well as the one who signed it in the largest manner ... according to many so that King George would be able to more easily read and recognize his name without being forced to put on his spectacles (or glasses) to read the signature.

The US was created by the war fought by the Original 13 colonies against Great Britain and King George. This was the war associated with the Declaration of Independence and the Liberty Bell. When the war was won at the battle of York town in Virginia the colonies became Independent of Britain. Allies included the French.

Charles Dunlap made the first printed copies of the Declaration that had been signed by only John Hancock and Charles Thomson on July 4, 1776. Timothy Matlack handwrote the "engrossed" copy of the Declaration at the order of Congress so that all members could sign it. Mary Katherine Goddard made printed copies of the engrossed version with the 56 signatures.

Actually, there are generally considered to be five parts of the Declaration of Independence, according to the National Archives' description on its website. But many persons have critiqued the document and some feel that there are any number of different parts. In view of the discrepancy on what, in one sense, is just a matter of opinion depending on the person giving it, I will go with the National Archives' opinion and leave it to readers to form their own opinions. The parts are: 1. The Introduction. This is the opening paragraph; a single sentence beginning with "We the People..." It is sometime erroneously referred to as the Preamble, probably because the opening paragraph of the US Constitution is referred to as the Preamble to the Constitution. 2. The Preamble. The second paragraph, which begins with "We hold theses truths to be self-evident. The Preamble sets the logic al argument that people have rights, that people form governments to secure those rights and when a government becomes destructive of those rights, the people have a right and a duty to throw off that government. 3. The Indictment of King George III. The list of wrongs the King has done to show the ways in which the King has abused the rights of the colonists. 4. The Denunciation of the British people. A statement announcing not only the separation of colonial government from British government, but colonial people from British people. 5. Conclusion. The Declaration of Independence from the King and his British peoples is the only logical conclusion to be taken from the above. What could lead to the different opinions on the number of parts. For one, the "Introduction" is mistakenly called the Preamble, the way the first paragraph of the Constitution is called. Admittedly, calling the second paragraph the "Preamble" seems wrong, but that is what the National Archives says. Some split the last two paragraphs into "Conclusion" and "Declaration" instead of calling both just the "Conclusion". Some combine the indictment of the king and the denunciation of the British peoples as one section.

The first part of the Declaration of Independence is known as the Preamble which explains why the Continental Congress made the declaration in the first place. Second is the declaration of right of states and the equality of men. The famous quote-' Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.' The Life part means people have the right to protect themselves against physical attack. The Liberty means the people have a right to criticize the government and Pursuit of Happiness means the right to own property and defend it. Third part is known as the Bill of Indictment. This explains the unjust things that King George III had done to the colonist. And the fourth part of the Declaration of Independence is known as Statement of Independence. This part they ask King George III to change the laws and ends with our claiming independence from England.

Wisely, the delegates compromised. They encouraged colonists to continue boycotting British goods but told colonial militias to prepare for war. Meanwhile, they drafted the Declaration of Rights, a list of 10 resolutions to be presented to King George III. Included was the colonists' right to "life, liberty, and property."

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Federalist such as: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay were in favor of the Constitution. Anit-federalists such as: Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams wanted a Bill of Rights added on to the Constitution, so a compromise was made and the Bill of Rights was added.

There really wasn't a listing of basic rights in the Declaration, but Jefferson did state that man had the "god given right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness." He also stated that God gave man the ability to govern themselves.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

The Declaration of independence was based on a document written by George Mason. It was The Virginia Declaration Of Independence.

The original unalienable rights were "Life, Liberty, and Land", but have since been changed to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness".

Size of the signed original Declaration of Independence in the National Archives in Washington, DC, is 24 1/2 inches wide and 29 3/4 inches high.

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Treaty of Paris in 1782
The Treaty of Paris, the peace treaty between the United States and Britian.

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We the People in

order to form a

more perfect Union

establish justice

insure domestic tranquillity

provide for the common defence

promote our general welfare and

secure the blessings of our liberty

to ourselves and our posterity

do ordain and establish this Constitution for the

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


The Preamble essentially sums up the guiding principles and fundamental purposes of the Constitution.

No one was solely responsible for the Declaration of independence. It was written by several different men, not based one just one mans opinion. A better Question would be "Who influenced the making of the Declaration of independence the most."