Thomas Jefferson once said that “We hold truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” In other words, Thomas Jefferson declared that all men are created equal, and that these rights given to us may never be taken away. This leads into the start of American history to which it is now today. Under the reign of the British, disagreements between Americans and British led to war. Americans were not satisfied with British taxing everyone using their authority to make Americans pay for military use. With no actual representation within the Parliament, taxation angered and outraged many groups of Americans
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This was known as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Currency Act, and Quartering Act. Due to all the taxes requested from Americans, many protested and boycotted stating that Americans were not part of British parliament; therefore, the Americans does not need to follow the laws of British: “The delegates insisted that they would accept no taxes being ‘imposed on them’ without ‘their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives’”(Shi and Tindall 128). In other words, this trigger to the Declaration of Independence was the unfairness that British brought upon Americans who wanted a united and prosperous country. The taxations on Americans who had not representatives in British parliament sought a war between two …show more content…
It did not include the minority groups such as slavery in the constitution; therefore, slavery contradicts their Declaration of Independence, which is the Americans declaring their independence from Britain control. The Founding Fathers believed that political issues were only for male, specifically white American males. Since most politicians were white males, they never considered minority groups as their own people, such as the slaves. The purpose of the American nation was that: “Americans..wanted a united, well-ordered, and prosperous society in which private property-including slave property-would be secure”(Historian Interpretation #1). In their words, the Americans only sought the chance of building a nation to only benefit themselves, who they think were superior than others. It is their nation, their country that they only bought of fixing themselves, neglecting other groups of people around
This was known as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Currency Act, and Quartering Act. Due to all the taxes requested from Americans, many protested and boycotted stating that Americans were not part of British parliament; therefore, the Americans does not need to follow the laws of British: “The delegates insisted that they would accept no taxes being ‘imposed on them’ without ‘their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives’”(Shi and Tindall 128). In other words, this trigger to the Declaration of Independence was the unfairness that British brought upon Americans who wanted a united and prosperous country. The taxations on Americans who had not representatives in British parliament sought a war between two …show more content…
It did not include the minority groups such as slavery in the constitution; therefore, slavery contradicts their Declaration of Independence, which is the Americans declaring their independence from Britain control. The Founding Fathers believed that political issues were only for male, specifically white American males. Since most politicians were white males, they never considered minority groups as their own people, such as the slaves. The purpose of the American nation was that: “Americans..wanted a united, well-ordered, and prosperous society in which private property-including slave property-would be secure”(Historian Interpretation #1). In their words, the Americans only sought the chance of building a nation to only benefit themselves, who they think were superior than others. It is their nation, their country that they only bought of fixing themselves, neglecting other groups of people around