Declaration of Independence

the novel inspired people to go against Britain

Thomas Jefferson had not yet been elected as President or as any other type of colonial official when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, but he was appointed to that position, not elected.

The basic principle in the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence have their roots in the British Constitution. This is ironic since the colonials fought a bloody war to secure independence from England.

The Declaration of Independence is only one page in length.

independence where?

if it's america, it's because the people thought the Brits had too much power over them- they had enforced many taxes, e.g. the stamp tax, and they'd taken a lot of their land and troops

The Liberty Bell

The answer is 13 masons signed the declaration of independence.

America became independent following the American Revolutionary War. The American colonies defeated Great Britain, with help from France, Holland, and Spain, and established a new country.

According to the National Archives, the first known use of the formal term "United States of America" was in the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Paine had written four months earlier (February, 1776) of "Free and independent States of America." The terms "United Colonies," "United Colonies of America," "United Colonies of North America," and also "States," were also used in 1775 and 1776.

The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence impotan is as follows; 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. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states.

Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. Five men from the Constitutional Convention were delegated as a committee to write it. They were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.

In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th of each year and celebrates the adoption of the American flag, which took place June 14th, 1777. June 14th was proclaimed a Holiday by Woodrow Wilson in 1949 although it is not yet recognized as a Federal Holiday.

Mexican-American war

The earth is not a thinking being and therefore can not have any sentiments.

they wnt flying into the air until they fell down and they killed themselves with a toy knife

None directly, since Locke died in 1704. But his writings on political philosophy and liberty had been read by all of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

John Locke once said that the 3 most basic human natural rights are Life, Liberty, and Property. In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote themost basic natural human rights are Life, Liberty, and the Persuit of Happiness.

John Hancock, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, John Williams, and a bunch of other people!

Independence Hall is most famous for being the building in which the Continental congress met and adopted the Declaration of Independence.

It housed the Liberty Bell, and currently houses the Centennial Bell.

The Colonists believed that British rule threatened their liberty when the British started sending troops over to the New World to locate and capture the people that were protesting British taxation. The last straw before the Revolutionary War was when the King of England refused to read a petition to solve the problems.

John Hancock served as the President of the Second Continental Congress, and was sent to the Congress by the state of Massachusetts as a delegate.

wote~ is the wrong way to spell wrote very close just forgot an "R". I believe that he wrote the deceleration so there could be freedom.

About two months

First and foremost, make sure you do not incriminate yourself in the declaration. For example: if you say you were not going as fast as the officer said you were but you still say you were speeding...you are still guilty!! Be smart and always include a diagram of where the office was located and in what direction you were traveling.

By writing and signing the Declaration of Independence, the 2nd Continental Congress declared the 13 colonies colonies no longer, but states in a country independent from England.