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    Teenage Declaration of Independence Our Founding Fathers risked their lives and the lives of their families to make a statement to the empire of Great Britain and the rest of the world. The document they created would have been viewed as treason by the British government, and had they failed in their great plight for independence they would likely have lost everything, including their lives. Directions: You are an American teenager who has joined forces with other teenagers who have been dissatisfied

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    opening paragraph of the most significant of all American historical documents, the Declaration of Independence. The very theory of natural rights dramatically influenced the conception of this starting paragraph. Natural rights is a political theory that strongly asserts

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    The first sentence of the preamble of the Declaration of Independence is one of the most famous lines written in American history. It was the official document that separated us from the British Crown, and gave the American people a model for their government's behavior in terms of the rights of citizens. From that, one may conclude that the introductory sentence of the preamble of the Declaration of Independence is more compelling than the opening sentence of the Constitution’s Preamble due to the

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    The Declaration of Independence is one of the most remarkable documents of the United States of America. The elaborate document contains almost fourteen-hundred words including a basic structure divided into two parts and within the two divided parts contains four main ideas within seven components. The declaration is not just any standard written document; it is a work of art painted by colonists who are driven by rage because of King George III of Great Britain injustices’ toward the colonies.

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    The Declaration of Independence, written in 1776, has been interpreted and used many times by people throughout the 20th Century. The three most dominant are the Progressive, dominant during the first half, Neo-Whig, dominant during the middle half,and variant of the Neo-Whig, dominated during the last half. The interpretation that makes the most sense to me is the Neo-Whig. I agree with Neo-Whig because in that it is a “logical culmination of a decade-long pamphlet war” because if I were treated

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    Declaration Of Rights

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    “Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of happiness,” is one of the most important parts of the declaration. That means that citizens have the right to all those things. It is a natural right. The words of the Declaration of Independence mean the right freedom, justice, equality, security, protection, and fair government. I think the two most important words are Rights and equality. All men are created equal. The Declaration says “…all men are created equal.” That means that everybody has rights given to them

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    between genders have been going on for a very long time. In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote “The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions” to point out the double standards that women face. She offered solutions to all of the problems and was a big advocate for gender equality. Stanton wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal” (“The Declaration”). It is such a simple statement, but for some reason it does not hold true today. Because many people

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    The Declaration of Independence was published on July 4, 1776. It was published during the Enlightenment era, a time in which politics, philosophy, science, and communications were reestablished. The enlightenment brought numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars, and revolutions. The American Revolution was a direct result, as people began to question traditional authority, such as the king. Before the king had sole power which he derived from God. In this era, however

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    The Declaration of Sentiments was an extremely influential document because it demanded civil liberties for women in the first women's rights convention. This is important as it shows women were no longer afraid from challenging current social barriers. In the first paragraph, Stanton makes it very clear how fiercely she’s advocating for these rights. She argues that rights should be given because all people were created equal. God, as she puts it, did not give one individual the power to rule over

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    Declaration for War in 1917      Welcome fellow Senators. We are here today to discuss what the United States should do following Germany’s announcement of unrestricted submarine warfare and the sinking of the three American merchant ships. A resolution is put forth in front of the senators. The first section of the resolution says that: The U.S. Government authorizes President Wilson to use the Armed Forces of the Unit6ed States to wage war against the Nation of Germany

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