Declaration of Independence

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They decreased the functions of the national government.

I assume by "the colonies" the question refers to the Thirteen Colonies which became the United States. The document that recognized the independence of the United States was the Treaty of Paris of 1783.

The colonies declared independence from Great Britain on 4 July 1776. However, the United States was not officially recognized as an independent nation until after the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War on 3 September 1783.

The Continental Congress appointed the Committee of Five - composed of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, & Robert Livingston - to draft the Declaration of Independence. The committee, after discussing the general outline that the document should follow, decided that Jefferson would write the first draft. It may have been John Adams who suggested that Jefferson be the one to write the first draft. After completing the first draft, the committee read, discussed and revised the document before Jefferson prepared a new draft to be submitted to the entire congress. The entire congress then discussed, debated, and made a few changes to that draft to produce the version that is now famous.

John Locke influenced the thinking of men like Thomas Jefferson and thus influenced the thinking behind the Declaration of Independence and the constitution.

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it is trying to say that we don't need to be ruled we can rule ourselves and we need to control ourselves not others control us

That would be the Declaration of Independence, signed by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.

there was a total of 20 changes to the declaration of independents

Fight the war.

It was a declaration of independance from England. It was meant as a "we are separating from England" document to let the world know that America has become it's own nation and will govern itself.

Among others, the natiral rights outlined in the Declaration of Independence are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

•The Declaration of Independence endures as the basic statement of the principles of American government.
•The principles of the American government.

That all people are neturally equal and therefor neturally entitled to the same fundamental rights. Because people are imperfect they require government to establish an orderly society but the proper function of government is to guarantee their rights. Since the rights inher in the people they are the ones who can jundge how their rights can best be protected. Therefor governments are only legitimate when they have the consent of the people being governed and the people have the right to withdraw that consent and change their government if they think their rights are threatened. Read the declaration itself. Jeffersons words are far better than mine. Michael Montagne

King George III was ruler of England during the time the Colonies were trying to establish their independence. Because of this he ruled the Colonies as they were a territory owned by England. So, sending the Declaration to King George was the only true course of action available that would end in results.

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

Nova Net: Citizens were guarenteed freedom of religion, trial by jury, and the rights of common law.

James Madison was our President and did sign the Constitution, but did not sighn the Declaration of Independence, nor attend.

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John Locke said that every man is entitled to life, liberty, and property, but then Thomas Jefferson changed it to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

By "property" Locke meant more than land and goods that could be sold, given away, or even confiscated by the government under certain circumstances. Property also referred to ownership of ones self, which included a right to personal well being. Jefferson, however, substituted the phrase as, " pursuit of happiness," which Locke and others had used to describe freedom of opportunity as well as the duty to help those in want.

On September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed officially ending the Revolutionary War. However, the British stopped fighting in February, 1783. The treaty recognized the colonies as the United States of America. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay all represented U.S. interests and signed it though Benjamin Franklin was the real architect of the treaty. However, American and Great Britain would clash again in the War of 1812

He didn't actually *write* any of it. The development of the rules and governmental structure specified in the constitution was the work of the convention as a whole and then the final wording was turned over to a committee of style. Franklin's most significant contribution was the Great Compromise. There was a significant divide between the more populous states who wanted representation in congress to be based on population and the smaller states who wanted equal representation. The disagreement seemed insoluble and the convention was in danger of breking up over the issue. Franklin proposed that the House of Representatives have proportional representation and the Senate have equal representation. this compromise was excepted and the rest, as they say, is history. Michael Montagne


he didnt...duhh Although he helped come up with the U.S. system of governemnt as outlined in the Constitution, he did not actually write any of the document.