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    During this time‚ The American Revolution expressed the tensions of a colonial relationship with a distant imperial power. The war was fought between the American Colonist and Britain. The war began by the colonist resenting the heavy taxes that Britain was placing upon them. This event was significant because multiple rebellious acts were performed against the British by the American colonist. Therefore‚ the rebellious acts ultimately led to the Declaration of Independence. The Industrial Revolution

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    Human Nature and the Declaration of Independence by Jake Repp I would like to show that the view of human nature that is shown in The Declaration of Independence is taken more from the Bible and that that view is in disagreement with two of the three esays given in class. The Biblical perspective of man is that he was created by a divine Creator with a specific plan in mind and made in the image of his Creator. Men are entitled to the pursuit of happiness but also required by the Laws of Nature

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    The purpose of The Declaration of Independence in 1776 was to give the other countries of the world the reasons the colonists had for their war with England. The Revolutionary War already started and many major battles had been fought. The colonists were trying to not have any connections with England and had already gotten rid of most of the major connections. They also started to make their own country by establishing a congress‚ their own currency‚ an army‚ and a post office. In 1776 Congress

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    1776 Thomas Jefferson created the first draft of the declaration of independence‚ which of the 4 ideals is most important. In June 1776‚ Thomas Jefferson was asked to write a declaration of independence from England. In his draft‚ he listed several important ideals including equality‚ unalienable rights‚ consent of the governed and to alter or abolish government. Which goal in the declaration of independence was most important. Of these Ideals sure equality and unalienable rights are very significant

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    The Influences on the Declaration of Independence and Constitution Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ Rousseau‚ and Voltaire influenced the Declaration of Independence and Constitution in many ways; they were also Enlightenment thinkers. First‚ Montesquieu believed in the separation of powers to avoid tyranny and promote liberty and justice‚ which was expressed in the Declaration of Independence. The theories he had made were very influential in the making of the Constitution. He wrote a system of check and

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    COLLAPSE Thomas Pain did have an advantage for not being native born‚ in the prospect of realizing America’s much needed freedom. Pain was a government official‚ so Pain knew of the flaws of the British government. Who else would have been a better champion of the American Independence than someone who lived through the corruption of the British parliament? Thomas Pain’s audience was the average commoner. Thomas Jeferson’s intended audience was educated people; merchants‚ property owners‚ and government

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    document that convinced the colonists to break free from the British government was known as the Declaration of Independence. This document pursued to happiness and liberty for the colonist in the 13 colonial states of the United States of America. The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson use the rhetorical devices diction and repetition to convince the United States to declare independence from Great Britain. The choice of words that was presented in the article makes the context of the

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    The Declaration of Independence is a defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. In the spring of 1776‚ one colony after another instructed its representatives to the Second Continental Congress to vote for independence. In early June‚ young Livingston joined the committee assigned to prepare a formal statement declaring independence from Great Britain. Jefferson willingly took responsibility for creating

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    The American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence is a book describing the American independence and the process that led to the development of the Declaration of Independence. Maier divides the book into four chapters with each containing different and yet complementary topics surrounding the Declaration. Chapter I analyzes the decision made by the Second continental congress to declare independence and the conditions surrounding it. In Chapter II Maier examines “other declarations of

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    would no longer remain silent. The document that declared the independence of this new country is the Declaration of Independence. The first section of the Declaration of Independence includes some of the worlds most quoted words. The introduction serves to declare the reasons the colonists want to separate themselves from England. The second paragraph contains the statement that gives us the entire philosophy of this declaration. It states that “all Men are created equal‚ that they are endowed

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