Why are there words in The Declaration of Independence that are capitalized in the middle of a sentance?

Question

I LOVE history - especially of colonial America. I was just reading The Declaration of Independence and noticed that so many words are capitalized. Why is this? Is it just that it was proper grammer in those days?

Answer 1

It was typical especially in that era because English has Germanic roots, and many nouns in German are capitalized. After we parted with England, we changed some of the language structure and pronunciation.

Answer 2

it could have been done to make things clear to the king like
hey look at this why do u think it is so big
something like