Declaration of Independence

Brendan McGee U.S History D.R Maroukis 9-18-2012 Declaration Of Independence

The Declaration of Independence is a document that was written by the

continental congress and tommas Jefferson in perticular to the king of england and

the english parlament. It was written as a statement to the english that the

colonnies were breaking off from the british empire.

They list all of the reasons leading up to this Decision made by the congress.

Some of the reasons for them wanting to declare Their independence are that the

king george refused to assent to laws that were for the publics good, he forbid his

goveners from passing laws of immediate importance unless he chose to suspend

them and whilst suspended he would utterly neglect them. King george also refused

to pass laws that gave large bodies of people the right of repersentation. He would

also call legeslative bodies togother At places far away from the places they ruled

just so they would consent to what he wanted them to. He also created new offices

just to harrass the people. Another thing that led to the collenists drafting the

declaration of independence was that theKing had kept standing armies in the

collonies during times of peace and forcing the citizens to quarter them in their own

houses. Tommas jefferson also lists that the king had cut off trade from the

colonnies to the rest of the world and imposed taxes unfairly on the colonies.

it is also listed that in many cases trial