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    A call for independence 2.02 docent script Hello‚ my name is ‚ and I will be taking you through the first portion of the Declaration of Independence‚ which is the grievances against King George III. Raise your hand if you have heard of the Declaration of Independence before? (Wait for responses) Ok‚ great- Well what a lot of people don’t know about the Declaration of Independence is that it is really a letter of grievances against King George III. The Declaration of Independence is a statement

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    Sense was a pamphlet by Thomas Paine‚ but the Declaration of Independence was a formal document. The most important difference between Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence is that Paine spent more work on Common Sense than the Declaration of Independence is. So we can see more details from the Common Sense. For example‚ “He sets out reasons why the British system fails to provide adequate checks on the king.” ("Common Sense" 1) The declaration should not be misused by the king. However

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    The declaration of Independence was put in place on July 4th‚ 1776. The declaration came more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. It made the thirteen American colonies at war with Great Britain independent states and no longer under the British monarchial rule. Thomas Jefferson was chosen by John Adams to write the original draft of the declaration in which congress would finalize it. The declaration explained why the American colonies voted on July 2nd to declare

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    Exploring the Declaration of Independence 2.) The Declaration of Independence was created as a response to Great Britain overtaxing the colonists and so the founding fathers decided to send a declaration to King George declaring that America would be free‚ which was the cause of the American Revolution. The Declaration of Independence expressed the ideals of the colonists and their desire to have their own government that would be built on democratic ideals. 3.) The Declaration of Independence describes

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    Slavery was against the Declaration of Independence. As a human being‚ freedom is essential and important element in one’s life. Without freedom‚ the consequence will be harm for both personal life and entire society. Douglass introduces in detail that slaves cannot have neither rights nor own wishes of doing things. In the text‚ “’if you give a nigger an inch‚ he will take an ell. A nigger should know nothing but to obey his master-to do as he is told to do” (Chapter 6) indicates that masters did

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    Change made by the Declaration of Independence would come in two waves‚ through‚ political freedom‚ and economic opportunity. Political freedom shaped the ideas and ambitions of the revolutionaries‚ while economic opportunity merely played as bonuses in the Revolution. First‚ political freedom for the colonies meant breaking away from England and being able to develop a sense of identity and a sense of self-government. This was established in the first steps towards independence‚ by the writing

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    American Art Project Ashley Franks 25 April 2014 HIUS 221 Declaration of Independence‚ John Trumbull Artist John Trumbull (1756-1843) of Lebanon‚ Connecticut painted the Declaration of Independence‚ which was hung in 1826. The painting is of a moment on June 28‚ 1776 when the first draft of the Declaration was presented to the Second Continental Congress‚ less than a week before the document was officially adopted (Architect of the Capitol website). The elegance of the room‚ the importance

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    the pursuit of Happiness” (“Thomas Jefferson Quotes”). Thomas Jefferson included this statement in the Declaration of Independence to help make strides toward separating and gaining independence from Great Britain. The great scholar‚ writer‚ and lawyer that Thomas Jefferson was helped him to contribute greatly to the history of the United States of America by writing the Declaration of Independence‚ becoming the third president of the United States‚ and making the

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    to deny any intention of independence because loyalty to the empire was deeply ingrained; many Americans continued to consider themselves apart of a transatlantic community in which the mother country of Britain played a leading role; colonial unity was poor; and open rebellion was dangerous.

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    The Declaration of Independence which is why I am using it as my first primary source‚ my other source of document will be George Washington’s and the Proclamation Against the “Whiskey Rebellion‚ on 1784”‚ and “An Act Respecting Alien Enemies” witch contained information about illegal immigrants. All tree documents have a great impact on our country since they were created and they all had the same purpose‚ to create a better country for all the American’s. The Declaration of Independence‚ written

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