Why Is The Declaration Of Independence Important

The Declaration of Independence is a very big important part of American history. It has been said that the Declaration of Independence is the most important pieces of writing ever written for The United States of America. The Declaration of Independence is about how men are free and equal and possess the same inherent, natural rights, and also it proclaimed the right to independence for the America to separate from Great Britain. This document was written by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams

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One of the signers that sign the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer and Founding Father, and principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He was elected the second Vice President of the United States and the third President. He was also the one who started the Declaration of Independence with Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. He signed the Declaration of Independence because he was the one who started it and also he was the one who wanted to change The United States of America to be a better place for people to live also to have freedom of speech, because other countries don’t have what The United States has and he was also the most wanted man in Great Britain just for saying these words.

A second signer who

signed the Declaration of Independence was John Adams. John Adams, was an American lawyer, author, statesman, and diplomat. He served as the second President of the United States, the first Vice President, and as a Founding Father was a leader of American independence from Great Britain. he also signed the Declaration of independence because he also helped make the Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. He signed the Declaration of Independence because he thought that it was important to make this country a better place.

The Declaration of Independence was written on Mid June In 1776 but it was not published until 1776.

There was 3 parts to the Declaration of Independence.

The First part for the declaration is the intent. The intent gives the people’s rationale for why they are writing this document, the right of individuals, and the purpose of government. The second part of the Declaration in the list of grievances . the list of grievance explains all of the unjust things that king George had done such as taxation without representation, his refusal to do things in the common good of the people, and his allowing of soldiers live in citizen's home without consent. The third part is the declaration. the declaration is basically just stating that they were then breaking away from great

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There are four included in the Declaration of Independence. The first principle is that all people are created equal. Thomas jefferson had wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal” The second principle is that all people have basic rights that cannot be taken away from them. Jefferson wrote that men are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The third principle is that the government gets its power to make decisions and to protect right from the people. The declaration of Independence states that “ the fourth and last principle is that when the government does not protect the rights of the people, the people have the rights to change or remove the government Jefferson stated “whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.”

The Declaration of Independence was very important because it was a document that was written to say that we wanted America to fixs our flaws. One was flaw was that men were not treated equal and that was something that did change but a lot has changed since that centery, like when have more women's right for example we get to vote for president also we get to have jobs and don’t need a man to have a house job or to be the one who gets paid.