2007-03-28 12:20:09 · 5 answers · asked by christina c 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I know that it is the "Declaration of Independence" NOT Independents.
2007-03-28 12:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by plutolawyer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by thee Continental Congress on July 4th 1776. It is primarily the work of Thomas Jefferson but signed by all of the members of the Continental Congress who were representatives of the colonies.
It states the reasons why the people of the United States found it necessary to break away from the colonial ties that held them to England. It says that all men are created equal, government is the servant of the people, that people have the right of revolution if the government is too oppressive and that all people have certain inalienable rights (rights that cannot be taken away) among them were life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The declaration accuses England and specifically George the III of denying those rights and as a result the U.S. was declaring war in order to break away.
2007-03-28 20:02:27 · answer #2 · answered by baadevo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Declaration went through three stages from conception to final adoption:
Jefferson's original draft.[15]
Jefferson's draft with revisions from Franklin and Adams.[16] This was the document submitted by the Committee of Five to the Congress.
The final version, which included changes made by the full Congress.[17]
Jefferson's original draft included a denunciation of the slave trade ("He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life & liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither."), which was later edited out by Congress, as was a lengthy criticism of the English people and parliament. According to Jefferson:
"The pusillanimous idea that we had friends in England worth keeping terms with, still haunted the minds of many. For this reason those passages which conveyed censures on the people of England were struck out, lest they should give them offense." [18]
2007-03-28 21:17:02 · answer #3 · answered by jewle8417 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html It was written by Thomas Jefferson, the Third president of the United States of America
2007-04-01 17:40:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was written by Thomas Jefferson.
2007-03-28 19:29:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋