The Declaration Of Independence: An Introduction To The Declaration Of Independence

The Declaration of Independence is a document that was used to declare Independence for the 13 colonies from England on July 4th 1776. The Declaration of Independence is made up of three main parts. The Declaration of Independence came to be when it was chosen in the second Continental congress to cut their ties to England and allow the thirteen colonies be their own country.

The thirteen colonies had representatives from each colony at the Second Continental Congress in which they made their goals apparent in the Declaration of Independence. The representatives made their main goal apparent in the first few paragraphs when Thomas Jefferson Wrote, “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political

(Jefferson,776). This means that the colonists had no say in the laws that were being enacted and they had to get the kings approval to pass a law. The main problem with this is that when tensions grew between England and the colonies England could use this power to punish the colonies by enacting laws that would infringe on the lives of the colonists, and they could not pass any legislations to change these laws because they had no representation in parliament. On the same basis of the first grievance the next one stated, “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.” (Jefferson,776). This means that when the colonies proposed a law the Governors could not enact them until he got the kings permission to do so. The main problem with this is most of the time the king would not acknowledge the proposal and most proposals would not be

This Grievance is stated, “He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose, obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.” (Jefferson,1776). Expansion was a big deal especially later on in the American history through the idea of Manifest Destiny. Just a few years after America became a country the government started encouraging the expansion westward through land lotteries, home steading and the idea of manifest destiny which is the idea that God wants the country to expand.

The next Grievance has to do with one of the Intolerable acts implemented after the Boston tea party. The Grievance is stated as, “He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.” This means that even though the wars were over the King kept Soldiers in the colonies to keep enforce the Law from England. This was made even worse from the quartering act. The quartering act made colonists house and feed British soldiers this made it cheaper for England and allowed them to have more control of the