A Look at the History of the Declaration of Independence

This is the document in history that created our freedom form the king of England and his iron fist rules, the people of the United States celebrated king George the III of England, this was still going on in 1761, we had fifteen years to go before the declaration of independence was written.

This document was written to show England that we were now the United Sates of America, a separate country from England, and free of the kings rules, this document is what our country is still supposed to live by today, but sometimes you have to wonder.

The American colonists were made up of people from all walks of life, Scots, Welsh, Irish, Dutch, Swedes, Finns, Africans, French, Germans, and yeas even English, this is the idea behind this country, everybody deserves freedom, and a chance to prove themselves.

In 1763 the king of England began to assert his authority over the colonies, he wanted to show the people who was in charge, and that was the king of England, and his country, he wanted to make the people help him pay for seven years of war, that England had just fought and won.

The English colonists protested by invoking their rights as free people, and loyal subjects to the king, it was after a decade of repeated efforts by the colonists to retain their rights as free men and women, it's the same thing that's happening now.

Their were fifty four men who formed the first continental congress, which was formed to represent different regions and religions; they held conflicting opinions about how to restore their rights, mos of the did not know each other, some didn't even like the others.

As they struggled to overcome their differences, without knowing if they'd be successful in their endeavors, they worked together toward making their country independent from England, they worked through may disagreements, and battles over how it should be.

In June of 1776 Thomas Jefferson drafted the first copy of the declaration of independence, from a fellow countryman's house in Philadelphia, as the largest British invasion force ever known to mankind was heading their way, but this didn't stop him.

By the time the last of the signers affixed their names to the edited document a few months later, an invading force of British soldiers had landed on Staten Island, the British had taken New York City, and the patriots had hunkered down for a long bloody battle, to assert their independence.

The declaration announced to the world the separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain, this was to be one of the most famous documents ever written in this country, a document that we still live by to this very day.

This document also brought about the creation of a new country, simply called the United States Of America, you know the place where we live now, it explained the causes of this radical move, and a list of charges against the king of England.

The declaration speaks of the highest ideals of the revolution, and the beliefs if liberty, equality, and the right to self-determination, it represented the idea that people are not born in to success, and they are allowed to achieve their highest dreams, and goals without being monitored by the government.

The document talked of such things as truth, bravery, and freedom, the very principals that this country was built on, the declaration was a revolutionary document meant to breed the fear of god in to the British, and their king.

It was drafted to let the ruler know that Americans would not be stomped on, or forced to do anything that we didn't like, it was a document to create the freedom that we love so much in this country, a document that certain people would like to get rid of.

If you think about it, this kind of reminds you of when the king of England was asserting his authority over the colonists, it just brings back a hint of what you read earlier in this article, it brings back a hint of tyranny and oppression doesn't it.