The Declaration of Independence was completed and signed in July of 1776 by Thomas Jefferson. ... The Declaration of Independence marked the official separation between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain. ... The Declaration of Independence is mainly written in fived distinctive parts; the introduction, the preamble, the declaration of natural rights, the list of grievances, and the resolution of independence. ... Although the Declaration of Independence was mainly written by the intellectual elite of the new country, "we the people" conveys the belief that the rights given un...

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This is the opening line of the Declaration of Independence. ... The paragraph above is the preamble which tells us the ideas behind the Declaration, people have certain rights that cannot be ignored. ... Following the preamble is a long list of, historical and political, wrong doings by King George III, who is referred to as "He". ... The Declaration of Independence changed American History, even though the text of Declaration in its first years was considered indifferent. ... Thomas Jefferson wrote that: "This was the object of the Declaration of Independence. ...

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The Writing of the Constitution On July 2, 1776, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson finished the final draft of their Declaration of Independence. Two days later, on July 4, delegates from the Continental Congress passed the declaration unanimously. The declaration contained a basic but integral principle which is important even today, and justified the independence movement for the newly formed United States of America. The preamble to the declaration established a small but vital principle that "whenever any form of gove...

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There was a bill proposed by Olympe de Gouges that called, "Declaration of the Rights of women " which is very similar to Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman. ... Out of the National assembly emerged the Preamble of the Constitution of 1791, which was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and the Constitution of 1791, which created constitutional monarchy. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was a concept of Locke's sacrosanct ideas on the rights of life, liberty, and property. Once the preamble and constitution were written the National A...

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For example: April 1775- first shots of the American revolution are fired in Massachusetts, July 1776- Declaration of independence is approved by congress, etc. ... Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers inc. 1996 In the constitution of the United States, Karen Judson goes into the history of this important document which consists of a preamble seven articles and Twenty Seven Amendments. ...

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King used The Declaration of Independence to pull open the eyes of society and the white race towards the African Americans. Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence states, "all men are created equal-(Declaration) and that very statement is the text our country thrives on. ... The Declaration of Independence is bursting with moral and united cries, and King notices these very cries and later in his life comes up with a civil plea of his own to society. ... King answers many critics by referring to the Declaration of Independence. ... The first line of the Preamble states, "...

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Throughout time, people have fought for their rights, independence, liberty, freedom, and happiness. ... The Americans were colonies of England, who wished for independence from "Mother England". With this independence came freedom, liberty, rights, and happiness. ... However, the American's cause was for Independence from a country that did nothing for its colonies. ...

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Before the declaration, there was something called "New Awakening" which seemed to increase the amount of people that believed in God; they had converted to believe in an evangelical God (Edwards, 1741). ... According to the declaration of independence "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" (Jefferson, 1776). ...

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