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    Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence” and Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” are texts that have a common denominator: the pursuit of liberty. Although both documents do not focus their context in the same historical moment‚ both have greatly influenced the history of the United States. Specifically‚ Jefferson’s purpose with the “Declaration of Independence” was to denounce the offenses suffered at the hands of Great Britain and to finally declare their absolute independence‚ sovereignty and

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    The “Declaration of Independence” is an extremely famous‚ as well as important piece of writing‚ written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776‚ and adopted by the Second Continental Congress. It was written to state the reasons why the British colonies of North America should have their independence from Great Britain. Jefferson wanted to persuade King George the III why these colonies should have their independence‚ and used many techniques in doing so. A few techniques that he used while writing this document

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    Discipline means obedience to a superior authority. Accepting the norms of the family‚ society‚ the commands of elders and obeying them is also discipline. Discipline means accepting punishments for violation. Discipline also means training of mind and character‚ developing self-control and the habit of obedience. In the entire universe‚ there is an order and discipline. The stars‚ the planets‚ the earth on which we live‚ the moon and the sun we see‚ move according to a system of discipline. We

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    In the speech "The Virginia Convention" Patrick Henry set out to convince the Virginia delegates that the war with England is inevitable‚ the longer they wait the harder to win the war and that the war had already started. The author uses repetition‚ rhetorical questions‚ and facts to allow the speech to be more effective‚ interesting‚ and strong. Repetition is one of the stronger designs that Patrick uses to help stress the importance of taking on this battle now rather than waiting and being to

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    VII. Impact of Speeches The impact of the 2016 DNC speech was left on the first night of the convention. According to Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post (2016)‚ there were more than 28 hours of live programming over the four days of the Democratic National Convention. Even though‚ the first lady’s speech came on the first night of the convention‚ “it held the championship belt against all other for the next three days’’ (Cillizza‚ 2016). She stood alone amongst the best of the politicians in

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    in particular are "Declaration of Independence" and "Letter from Birmingham Jail". Both writings are very effective and successful in reaching out to their intended audience. However‚ "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is more effective in communicating its purpose to its audience. This was done in a time when black men and women were systematically and violently denied a platform from which they could publicly voice their issues to the nation. "Declaration of Independence" and "Letter from Birmingham

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    our mother country. Our role as British colonist is to support Britain rather than to separate. We should obey the king’s decision because he is concerned with benefitting the interest of our people. So as a group we should not draw up a declaration of independence. As British colonies we should embrace our British heritage and have national pride in our mother country. By severing the ties we could lose British protection and many families could experience conflict. Instead of participating in rebellious

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    Great Britain and declared independent by the Declaration of Independence which included the Constitution of the Bill of Rights. It has a huge influence on the amendments and establish natural rights for all men and women created to be equals. The Declaration of Independence influences the Constitution by freed the colonies from the abusion of the Great Britain‚ add new type of government to protect people’s right and “unalienable right” for freedom of speech. First‚ the thirteen colonies were being

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    This closed all ports the colonies had access to trade with..Richard Lee‚a Virginia delegate‚proposed a resolution:"That these United Colonies are‚and of right ought to be‚free and independent States." This resolution also explained America breaking away from Britain.Congress approved this resolution but felt that a more decent document should be written. Congress then created a committee to write a more formal declaration. The committee consisted of Benjamin Franklin‚John Adams‚Roger Sherman‚Robert

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    friends‚I wish you a happy independence day. INDEPENDANCE DAY means a day when we had got freedom from not only our brute rulers but freedom from want from fulfillment of right needs... India was under the British rule for 3-4 centuries. It was in 1857 India started it’s independence struggle forcefully through a revolt named "The Great Revolt" against the British. Mahatma Gandhi was the spine and brain behind the Indian independence struggle and finally her Independence. "Non-violence" or "Ahimsa"

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