Post by Jenny Adams on Feb 12, 2008 19:08:35 GMT -5
[/sup]IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
For nearly a century, the American colonies were left on their own to find a way to live in the new world. However, after the Seven Years War, Britain not only needed to increase taxes to pay off the war but also felt a need to tighten the reigns on the British in America. Ridiculous "taxation without representation" was the colonists' first cry when the shot heard around the world was fired in 1775. This cry would soon evolve into a cry for liberty & the birth of a new nation by way of revolution.
JULY 4TH, 1776
"THE DAY INDEPENDENCE CAME"[/center][/blockquote]
