MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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“a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation”
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“all men are created equal”
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“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed”
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“That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES”
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“we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor”
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most important and dramatic statement comes near the end: “That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States.” It declares a complete break with Britain and its King and claims the powers of an independent country.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Declaration of Independence states definitively that the United States is a sovereign nation. Based on a draft by Thomas Jefferson, the second paragraph of the document proclaims the colonies have the right to be independent, and they are asserting that right. This thesis is repeated near the end of the document.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the early 1770s, more and more colonists became convinced that Parliament intended to take away their freedom. In fact, the Americans saw a pattern of increasing oppression and corruption happening all around the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -In less than a year, most of the delegates abandoned hope of reconciliation with Britain. On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution “that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states, ” acting under the instruction of the Virginia Convention.
Detailed explanation-5: -He has concluded that Jefferson and his colleagues in the Continental Congress based the Declaration in part on the Dutch Plakkaat (plah-KAT) van Verlatinge (vur-LAT-ing-uh), issued in 1581 to justify the Netherlands’ revolt against Spanish rule.