The Significance of the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the foundation to freedom for America. The thirteen colonies were tired of not having liberty for themselves and Britain forced them to pay taxes, yet did not give them any representation in the British Parliament. At the beginning of the talks of independence, some of the colonies just wanted a better bargaining position with Britain. But some of the prominent people argued that Britain was just using them for what resource they could provide them. So after twelve years of Britain trying to force America to pay taxes, but ignoring them in Parliament, America and Britain went to war, which would cost 4,435 American deaths in battle. But the Declaration gave cause to why they were at war. Jefferson …show more content…
The discussion of this document was “15 months after the war had begun. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson, and included in the document was the crimes of King George III against the colonies.”(Hole). The King was not solely responsible for the crimes written in the Declaration, it was the ruling of Parliament and the House of Commons. “Jefferson penned a stirring statement of universal human rights. He put the case for independence in terms of the rights of all human beings: ‘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’ ”(Conlin). Thomas Jefferson showed his concern and feelings about equality and slavery in the
The Declaration of Independence was the foundation to freedom for America. The thirteen colonies were tired of not having liberty for themselves and Britain forced them to pay taxes, yet did not give them any representation in the British Parliament. At the beginning of the talks of independence, some of the colonies just wanted a better bargaining position with Britain. But some of the prominent people argued that Britain was just using them for what resource they could provide them. So after twelve years of Britain trying to force America to pay taxes, but ignoring them in Parliament, America and Britain went to war, which would cost 4,435 American deaths in battle. But the Declaration gave cause to why they were at war. Jefferson …show more content…
The discussion of this document was “15 months after the war had begun. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson, and included in the document was the crimes of King George III against the colonies.”(Hole). The King was not solely responsible for the crimes written in the Declaration, it was the ruling of Parliament and the House of Commons. “Jefferson penned a stirring statement of universal human rights. He put the case for independence in terms of the rights of all human beings: ‘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’ ”(Conlin). Thomas Jefferson showed his concern and feelings about equality and slavery in the