America the Story of Us: Declaration of Independence | History

To me, the Declaration of Independence is one of the best pieces of writing I have ever seen. It is a revolutionary document for a revolutionary

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. You can't help but feel moved when you read those words. Thomas Jefferson's writings are absolutely magnificent and when he wrote, we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that was the first time anyone bothered to write that and then you go back in time and think about when he was right, how young he was, what statement was given. the hi

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of the world at that time and you feel the thrill of being on the cusp of something so profound that it's hard to put into words if you look at our Declaration of Independence, it has those beautiful words about all men being created equal and governments. are formed among men to represent the people is a good statement of who we were and that is the only thing people remember about the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal, but in reality it is an indictment of about 28 counts against King George. and therefore, because of the languor that we were treated by the British crown, we now declare that we are a free country and we want to let you know why we are now going to have a war and every war in 1776 has the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia debating. a unified position for the colonies with respect to the hostilities that have already broken out and the fundamental question between them is whether they fight for their rights as Englishmen within the British Empire or they are going to fight for

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and are a seriously divided people.

Those who are perfectly willing to resist the tyranny of the British government are not necessarily governing to fight for

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, but I think there is a tide in favor of it, largely because they recognize that having provoked the lion to this point, they cannot there is going back. Suddenly you have this group of people who leave now we are not part of a big chain of being with the king at the top we are free people we can vote for who we want to have in charge and I will not tolerate you telling us that we have a status of class in which we have to get trapped.

It says you know that our creator has endowed us with certain inalienable rights, which means that the Parliament in London, the king himself, the courts cannot interfere and take away your rights because the state cannot take power even today it is Probably the most central difference between the United States and any other country in the world goes far beyond what was needed to declare independence establishes a philosophical basis for a civil democracy in which all people are guaranteed rights by virtue of their condition of people, this political genius not only in Jefferson but also in Adams and all the other people who gathered here saw a new time for humanity, which is that we can be free and that we can make decisions for ourselves.