After reading the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence, In my opinion the American Revolution did not live up to the ideals expressed in this document. The Declaration of Independence states that “All men are equal,” and are born with Natural/unalienable rights, such as the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Only during the American Revolution and even after that, America went against these laws. For instance, the “Three-Fifths Compromise,” created after the American Revolution, in 1787, during the Constitutional Congress in Philadelphia.The greatest division between the delegates was on whether or not to have constitutional protection for slavery. The Southern delegates of the Southern states, which mostly consisted
