Declaration of Independece

The Declaration of Independence

The United States of America’s greatest historical document is the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson and was soon adopted by the Continental Congress, and it states the reasons of why the American Colonies should obtain independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence is one of the most powerful documents written in the United States history, and was used as guidelines while the country was forming.

After the French and Indian War, Great Britain needed a way to gain back the money lost in the war. So, King George III, the king of Great Britain, began to place heavy taxes on the American Colonies. The American Colonies thought very little of it at first, but soon after the taxes were placed the colonies began to boycott goods and revolt against taxes. Most of the taxes were abolished during the first year they had been placed. The American Colonies refused to pay the taxes not only because of the cost but because the colonies had no representation of to which why they were being taxed in the first place. A famous saying, “No Taxation without Representation” made perfect sense to the colonies.

Many people helped put together the Declaration of Independence, but Thomas Jefferson is known as the “Father of the Declaration of Independence.” He was a delegate from Virginia to the Second Continental Congress. Thomas Jefferson was elected to draft the Declaration of Independence, and he had eventually written the document. When the Declaration of Independence was written, it had been divided into five distinct parts; the introduction, the preamble, the Indictment of King George III, the Denunciation of the British people, and the Conclusion.

The Introduction of the Declaration of Independence explains the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God, but it also explains that the cause for wanting independence is of reasonable terms. The Preamble stated that...