IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (annotated)Translated and paraphrased into modern English
It has become necessary for one group of people (the 13 original colonies ‘states’) to cut the political links that have connected them with another group of people (England). For US (read that as United States) to be separate and equal to other world powers, to live by the Law’s of Nature and Nature’s God. Mankind deserves to know the reasons we are separating from England.
We think it is obvious...That all men are created equal. That they have a god given rights, that no one can take away including LIFE, LIBERTY and the Pursuit of Happiness.
That to get and keep these Rights governments are created by people and the governments get their power from the people.
That when ANY form of government becomes destructive to those Rights and its own People…It is the RIGHT of the PEOPLE to change or get rid of it and to create a new government that will be good for their Safety and Happiness
When a government has been around a long time it should not be changed for for some stupid or unimportant reason. Everybody knows that it is sometimes easier for people to put up with their suffering then to make a change. But when you suffer so much for so long that it seems your government is cruel and oppressive, the people have the right and the responsibility to get rid of that government and create a better one for the future.
This is the way it has been for US and now it is time for US to change our government. The King of has a history of hurting US and taking advantage of US. We give you these Facts to prove our case to the world.
He has refused to agree to laws that will be good for the people.
He has not allowed US to take care of important issues without his consent, but then never gives his consent to these issues.
He will not allow US to be represented in the government.
He has meetings with the Local representatives in far away, uncomfortable places away from the public records to make them so tired they will agree to anything.
He has fired our local representatives whenever they stand up to him for taking away our rights.
He does not allow the representatives to be replaced leaving the people in danger and fight with themselves.
He is trying to keep our populations from growing, not allowing new people to come here and making it harder to get land.
He has not allowed US to form local courts or judges.
He controls the judges and their pay.
He has made up many new offices to harass and tax US.
He keeps his soldiers here even though we are at peace.
He, not the people controls the military on our lands.
He along with others forces US to do things we don’t agree with and our against our laws…
For Forceing US to keep his soldiers in our homes.
For having fake trials to protects his soldiers from being punished for murders they commit.
For cutting US off from trading with the rest of the world.
For taxing us without our consent.
For punishing Us without a fair Trial.
For taking us to far way places to be put on trial for made up crimes.
For throwing out all the English laws from a neighbor Province, taking over more land, making it an example of what he wants to do to US.
For getting rid of all the local laws we have established for ourselves.
For getting rid of our local governments and saying the have all the power to decide what is good for US .
He has said he will no longer protect us and makes war against US.
He has stolen from our oceans and lands, burnt our towns and ruined the lives of our people.
He is sending large armies of foreign soldiers to finish destroying US. With Cruelty and deceit totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
He has captured our own people on the oceans and forced them to fight against US our kill themselves.
He has drafted Indians to fight against US.
We have asked nicely for him to change or fix these problems but all he does he add more problems for us. He is called a Prince but he acts like a tyrant. He is unfit to rule over free people.
Even are own people in England have ignored our problems.
So we make this Declaration to separate ourselves from England. We claim all the rights that any free country has.
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Declaration Questions
Use the real Declaration in the Blue book pg. 166 and the plain English version below to answer the following:
Plain English Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (annotated)Translated and paraphrased into modern English
It has become necessary for one group of people (the 13 original colonies ‘states’) to cut the political links that have connected them with another group of people (England). For US (read that as United States) to be separate and equal to other world powers, to live by the Law’s of Nature and Nature’s God. Mankind deserves to know the reasons we are separating from England.
We think it is obvious...That all men are created equal. That they have a god given rights, that no one can take away including LIFE, LIBERTY and the Pursuit of Happiness.
That to get and keep these Rights governments are created by people and the governments get their power from the people.
That when ANY form of government becomes destructive to those Rights and its own People…It is the RIGHT of the PEOPLE to change or get rid of it and to create a new government that will be good for their Safety and Happiness
When a government has been around a long time it should not be changed for for some stupid or unimportant reason. Everybody knows that it is sometimes easier for people to put up with their suffering then to make a change. But when you suffer so much for so long that it seems your government is cruel and oppressive, the people have the right and the responsibility to get rid of that government and create a better one for the future.
This is the way it has been for US and now it is time for US to change our government. The King of has a history of hurting US and taking advantage of US. We give you these Facts to prove our case to the world.
He has refused to agree to laws that will be good for the people.
He has not allowed US to take care of important issues without his consent, but then never gives his consent to these issues.
He will not allow US to be represented in the government.
He has meetings with the Local representatives in far away, uncomfortable places away from the public records to make them so tired they will agree to anything.
He has fired our local representatives whenever they stand up to him for taking away our rights.
He does not allow the representatives to be replaced leaving the people in danger and fight with themselves.
He is trying to keep our populations from growing, not allowing new people to come here and making it harder to get land.
He has not allowed US to form local courts or judges.
He controls the judges and their pay.
He has made up many new offices to harass and tax US.
He keeps his soldiers here even though we are at peace.
He, not the people controls the military on our lands.
He along with others forces US to do things we don’t agree with and our against our laws…
For Forceing US to keep his soldiers in our homes.
For having fake trials to protects his soldiers from being punished for murders they commit.
For cutting US off from trading with the rest of the world.
For taxing us without our consent.
For punishing Us without a fair Trial.
For taking us to far way places to be put on trial for made up crimes.
For throwing out all the English laws from a neighbor Province, taking over more land, making it an example of what he wants to do to US.
For getting rid of all the local laws we have established for ourselves.
For getting rid of our local governments and saying the have all the power to decide what is good for US .
He has said he will no longer protect us and makes war against US.
He has stolen from our oceans and lands, burnt our towns and ruined the lives of our people.
He is sending large armies of foreign soldiers to finish destroying US. With Cruelty and deceit totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
He has captured our own people on the oceans and forced them to fight against US our kill themselves.
He has drafted Indians to fight against US.
We have asked nicely for him to change or fix these problems but all he does he add more problems for us. He is called a Prince but he acts like a tyrant. He is unfit to rule over free people.
Even are own people in England have ignored our problems.
So we make this Declaration to separate ourselves from England. We claim all the rights that any free country has.