THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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it might lead to demands to free slaves.
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it was an unimportant issue in the colonies.
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it was unfair to blame the king for enslaving Africans.
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it might offend merchants who profited from the slave trade.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
Detailed explanation-2: -The final document does not mention slavery and, through its silence, condones enslavement, but the first draft includes a condemnation of slavery. These words, removed before it was finalized, underscored the contradiction between the founding fathers’ beliefs and actions. The Created Equal exhibition.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Declaration of Independence accused the British king of ‘’imposing Taxes on us without our Consent. ‘’ To pay off debts from fighting the French and Indian War, the British parliament passed a series of taxes to raise money, including the Stamp Act, the Townsend Act, and the Tea Act.