preview

Examples Of Unjust Actions In The Declaration Of Independence

Decent Essays

Unjust Actions From the beginning of the colonies there was always unrest on whether or not they should be dependent on England. This was a debate that was had amongst colonists since before Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. Declaring their independence was the colonies last standing offense to the King before he decided that England needed to step in. To the English monarchy, the colonies were unjust in declaring independence from them due to their ownership of the lands where the colonies lie; however speculation may tell Americans today that Jefferson was just in his actions against the crown. Having won the war, the things that the U.S did get brushed off from the facts of pre-revolutionary war. Being born in …show more content…

This was an unjust, reckless decision on the colonist part. In the Declaration of Independence it states, “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.” This is saying that England went against the inalienable rights of the colonists; however, England did not give any rights to the colonists and by purposefully abolishing a government to make a new one is unjust because of their lack of rights. It is unjust by taking an objective statement and saying that is enough to rebel against their home country. Sadly, what they failed to see was that there is always going to be problems with government, especially after war. When England helped with the 7 years war they had to make up the money. When countries have to make up money, they have to tax their citizens. There is no other way to do it. On top of that, the colonist did not know the other half of what the citizens who lived in England were being taxed. Upwards of 30% more sales tax was placed on the citizens of England who lived there than the citizens in the colonies. This is a perfect example of Jefferson saying that King George III was terribly, awful when, in fact, he was not being as drastic as Jefferson was playing it off. By making larger issues out of small ones, the

Get Access