The act of courage may sometimes be viewed through the eyes of a fireman rushing into a burning building about to collapse to save the last apartment buildings scared attendant, or a soldier rushing into a raging warzone for their country and loved ones. These examples of courage wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for the courageous act that an author with a feather ink pen and a large sheet of paper declared unto all people of the United States of America.
This was a man destined for greatness from the time they were born as a fellow colony citizen the Province of Virginia under the rule of Great Britain on April 13, 1743. Their family was sure to do what was best for their son as many parents would try to do, hoping that their children …show more content…
There were many laws and taxations on the citizens of the colonies that were tedious and making life harder for those who came to America for a new start. One may say that the Boston Tea Party Massacre of 1773 caught the attention of many colonists and would strengthen the idea of change, such as it may have been to this young man of thirty years of age. At this time the young man was already very well involved with law. Dumas Malone, an author of a book school teachers states, “Jefferson studied law under George Wythe, the most famous law teacher in Virginia”. This means that Thomas Jefferson was very familiar with the law and how things should be run. Although Jefferson was a lawyer, planter and burgess at this time; “He disliked speaking in public but he excelled on committees and soon showed his skill as a writer” (www.scholastic.com). This very skill of being a lawyer and an excellent writer would help with the conclusion of Great Britain’s Tyranny over the American Colonies. After the Massacre in Boston there was much for the colonists to think about, Malone concluded “The issue, as Jefferson saw it, was between freedom and tyranny” (www.scholastic.com). Jefferson and many other people saw that there were only two choices, either be free or be captive under another Rule. Representatives from each colony decided …show more content…
Jefferson spent over a month writing most exquisitely the Declaration, until July second arrived to begin the editing this work, Montgomery explains “It was an excruciating experience. Every writer needs an editor, but Jefferson had more than 50 tampering with his handiwork, questioning his commas, slashing away a quarter of his words”(www.history.org), but Jefferson had done it and on July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence rang freedom throughout the colonies for a new
This was a man destined for greatness from the time they were born as a fellow colony citizen the Province of Virginia under the rule of Great Britain on April 13, 1743. Their family was sure to do what was best for their son as many parents would try to do, hoping that their children …show more content…
There were many laws and taxations on the citizens of the colonies that were tedious and making life harder for those who came to America for a new start. One may say that the Boston Tea Party Massacre of 1773 caught the attention of many colonists and would strengthen the idea of change, such as it may have been to this young man of thirty years of age. At this time the young man was already very well involved with law. Dumas Malone, an author of a book school teachers states, “Jefferson studied law under George Wythe, the most famous law teacher in Virginia”. This means that Thomas Jefferson was very familiar with the law and how things should be run. Although Jefferson was a lawyer, planter and burgess at this time; “He disliked speaking in public but he excelled on committees and soon showed his skill as a writer” (www.scholastic.com). This very skill of being a lawyer and an excellent writer would help with the conclusion of Great Britain’s Tyranny over the American Colonies. After the Massacre in Boston there was much for the colonists to think about, Malone concluded “The issue, as Jefferson saw it, was between freedom and tyranny” (www.scholastic.com). Jefferson and many other people saw that there were only two choices, either be free or be captive under another Rule. Representatives from each colony decided …show more content…
Jefferson spent over a month writing most exquisitely the Declaration, until July second arrived to begin the editing this work, Montgomery explains “It was an excruciating experience. Every writer needs an editor, but Jefferson had more than 50 tampering with his handiwork, questioning his commas, slashing away a quarter of his words”(www.history.org), but Jefferson had done it and on July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence rang freedom throughout the colonies for a new