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 Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ came as a reaction to the dreadful damages of the Second World War. This declaration was built according to the fundamentals of equality. It lists us all of our rights‚ all of our freedoms and how we can express them freely. It was constructed on the basic fact of it being just‚ equal to all‚ and right. However‚ are all articles applicable on all of mankind? Or can some of these be questioned? Generally‚ all of these articles should be applicable
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Well there’s a lot to the Declaration of Independence that is debatable today. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 2‚ 1776 and adopted by the colonists July 4‚ 1776. This was the most dangerous document that the patriotic colonists signed because if they lost the war then the colonists would be put to death. The most important of the ideals in this document is freedom. Freedom is most important because people wanted to rule themselves‚ have equal opportunities‚ and wanted to have their
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immoral and corrupt to the colonist’s rights that lead to an unjust government. However‚ rebellions and many men who stood up‚ became leaders who are known as the founding fathers‚ they used the unfair treatment from Britain as a foundation for the Declaration of Independence that would protect the people and be governed properly. First‚ there would be British stations armed with soldiers in the colonies as the first signs of the Revolution. The colonist rejected armed forces within their towns such
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The Declaration Of Independence and The Constitution are both written in a similar literary style although not quite the same‚ they both are written in a way to change the nation because of past history they both experienced. The Declaration and Constitution were written in a primary source which caused both of them to be discussing with direct knowledge of the situation even though the Constitution had a direct decision and new ideas for the future when the Declaration didn’t want to move forward
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were written into the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. The Declaration of Independence is a historical document which declared the colonies of America to be free and independent states from Britain. It was a revolutionary and significant document in 1776 and the statement‚ “All men are created equal‚” remains significant today. On April 6‚ 1776‚ the Second Continental Congress
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First‚ the Declaration of Independence was a document in which Thomas Jefferson and his committee were given less than a month to write. Thomas Jefferson was heavily influenced by philosophers also known as Enlightenment thinkers‚ like John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. Now‚ the abolition of slavery was basically anti-slavery and focused on setting slaves free. Thomas Jefferson was a supporter of abolition‚ as was Abraham Lincoln before and after the Civil War. Abolition was widely supported in the North
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The American colonists were justified in fighting a war to break away from Britain for many reasons. Mostly‚ they felt they were being treated unfairly by the British as Parliament was taking away their liberties. They wanted their complete freedom. Parliament was passing legislation that was increasingly taking away their freedoms including the Stamp Act and the Quartering Act. According to an October 7‚ 1765 article from the Boston-Gazette newspaper (document 3)‚ it was the duty of the colonists
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The abuses listed in the Declaration of Independence against the American colonies mainly concerned liberty‚ freedom and the judiciary. These abuses were then remedied by the United States Constitution. “He has made Judges dependent on his will alone…” This was corrected by creating an independent judiciary through Article III of the Constitution. “He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies. [and] has quartered large bodies of armed troops among us.” The Third Amendment to the Bill
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The Declaration of Independence is arguably the most important document in American history and possibly its greatest example of successful rhetoric. Yet one mustwonder why this is so when there are no original ideas‚ new assertions of political dogma‚ or even a true declaration of independence contained in this brief document. In fact‚ most of the document itself seems to have been plagiarized‚ or at least pulled heavily from John Locke‚ enough that “Richard Henry Lee said the Declaration had
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