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Question 1 With at least 200 words- a. Provide background and Summarize the event/ person you have chosen. b. What makes this worthy of saving? c. What other person or event might you have chosen? What made you decide not to choose it? If I were responsible for saving the most significant historical information, in the event of a Meteor striking earth and destroying all historical data, I would save the Declaration of Independence. After enduring many years of oppression under British rule, the thirteen colonies had decided that they had had enough and would not continue to live under the tyrannical rule of Great Britain. In search of liberty, delegates from the thirteen colonies met for a second time on May 10, 1775, for what was the …show more content…

Politically to the colonies, "the Declaration was the birth certificate of the American nation"(Armitage). Cutting off all ties to the mother country of Britain, America boldly declared its indipendence. To America this document was freedom from tyranny, however to Britain this document was nothing more than an insult. This. Document was truly revolutionary for the time, and its creation birthed the American Revolutionary War, and revolutions in other countries, which were all efforts made in the name of Liberty. Considering the time period when the rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"(Jefferson) weren't exactly self evident, the deceleration was a major turning point for the world. When comparing the Deceleration to the liberation of slaves in rebel states on January 1, 1863, both similarities and differences can be found. The nation knew this day was coming due to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, in which he declared that on January 1, 1863 all slaves in rebel states, "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free"(Lincoln). The Deceleration and the emancipation of slaves are similar in the sense that they both; stand on the the principle that all men are equal, they both are movements for liberation, and that they were both revolutionizing ideas for their time and place. The surprise Britain found in the Declaration, I imagine to be similar …show more content…

The main reason, for my faith in the Declaration is its unwavering display of Liberty and moral uprightness. The Declaration is the true epitome of the America spirit, which gets lost sometimes in today's society. This document will assure future generations of their unalienable rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"(Jefferson), which the have been given to them by the creator himself. This document also asserts people that they are the government, and that the government is theirs for their benefit. Future generations can look to this document as a compass for moral truth whenever they are in need of direction. Although thinking of a negative to saving this document is tough, I have one fear about saving it for future generations. With society rapidly progressing in technological advances, the country will soon look like something from a futuristic film. With technological advances in our world we can not forget about the advances in warfare that will be made as well. I fear the document will get lost in the technological revolution and that society will loose interest in the Declaration, and feel the document is outdated and

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