MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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the people or Great Britain
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all humankind
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the french revolutionists
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the American Colonists
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Declaration of Independence was designed for multiple audiences: the King, the colonists, and the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Declaration concluded with an outline of Congress’s plans: to enter into a boycott of British trade (the Continental Association) until their grievances were redressed, to publish addresses to the people of Great Britain and British America, and to send a petition to the King.
Detailed explanation-4: -Four days later, on July 8, 1776, the citizens of Philadelphia were summoned to the State House Yard by the bells of the city. At noon, Colonel John Nixon publicly read the Declaration of Independence for the first time.