MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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The Declaration of Independence
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A Summary View of the Rights of British America
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The Rights of Man
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George is a Big Old Meanie
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jefferson argued that the British Parliament had no rights to govern the colonies, which he claimed had been independent since their founding. He also described the usurpations of power and deviations from law committed by King George III and Parliament.
Detailed explanation-2: -Written in June 1776, Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence, included eighty-six changes made later by John Adams (1735–1826), Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790), other members of the committee appointed to draft the document, and by Congress.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 27 grievances is a section from the United States Declaration of Independence. The Second Continental Congress’s Committee of Five drafted the document listing their grievances with the actions and decisions of King George III with regard to the Colonies in North America.
Detailed explanation-4: -Within the Declaration of Independence is a list of grievances that Jefferson believed the King of Great Britain, George III, had committed against the Colonists. These grievances outlined the main reasons behind why the Colonists had gone to war during the American Revolution.