United States Declaration of Independence

today praises only one person “Thomas Jefferson” for the Declaration of Independence. But, our history shows that there are efforts of many people who faced many conflicts and compromises such as slavery starting from the Articles of Confederation, setting a Constitution till Declaration of Independence. George Washington, the United States first president fought to change the first Constitution, the Articles of Confederation in which each state has operated as an independent country with no…

Hobbesian theory states that equality needs to be protected and that is why it is written into law and the US Constitution. Whilst the American founding fathers rejected Hobbes’ idea of absolute monarchy, and there is a Locke influence, there is a definite influence of Hobbes theories in the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and many other influential historical…

The Declaration of Independence was a formal document that many of our founding fathers signed in order to break away from the oppression of Britain and King George III. The American colonists were taxed heavily by the british on everyday items such as coffee, paper, lead, sugar, and tea to pay for the damages of the French and Indian war. Due to the heavy taxation on daily products the colonies united to face a common enemy, Britain. Protests such as the Boston Tea Party lead by the Sons of…

The Declaration contains ideas of conflicts they had against the British government and factors that they wanted to improve upon. However, out of all the complaints and ideas of new life, the famous quote in the Declaration states: “…all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty…

1. Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms In this document, Thomas Jefferson begins with saying that if God intended for people to be slaves, he would have made it so. However, the British government, with lust for power, has overlooked this simple truth and is infringing on the rights of the colonists. For these reasons, he explains the need for the call to arms. The men in charge of the colonies came from Great Britain to seek civil and religious freedom, and gave…

wanted the same rights men had. They wanted to be treated with equality and the respect that they deserved. This was looked down upon by many, mostly the men and government officials who were not seeing eye to eye with the women. In the Declaration of Sentiments it states, “Women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and deprived of their most sacred rights” (Stanton & Mott 3). These innocent ladies were suffering under the government and this was being done to them for no apparent reason. In…

three most influential individuals who played a key role in creating the rupture between the British crown and soon-to-be United States were King George the 3rd who strained the colonies with taxes to pay off the 7 Years’ War, Thomas Paine who wrote Common Sense which caused contempt between the colonists and the British, and Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence which shattered what little ties the British government had with the colonists. The beginnings of the American…

The thirteen colonies that became the United States had long been governed by the British Empire, however in the late 1700’s the citizens of these colonies had gotten past fed up with British rule, and the first seeds of the American Revolution grew. People of color as well as women longed for access to equal rights and suffrage in democracy. Although white men were already treated with this sense of social equality, they were displeased with the taxation without representation and inability to…

1848, the birth of a movement that would change the lives of women in the United States(Wheeler, p.9). What would later be known as the The Women’s Suffrage Movement planted roots in a developing area for this country. Post Civil War era the likes of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and a host of other women began speaking out for women in the hopes that their rights could be advanced alongside those of African-Americans. Up to this point in time women rights were under the idea of…

countries be required to uphold the Declaration of Human Rights? Eli Wiesel once said, “Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must – at that moment – become the center of the universe.” The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on December 10, 1948 as a result of the Second World War. The UN Charter decided to make it a priority to “guarantee the rights of every individual everywhere” (United Nations). Human rights are…