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    religion has played a major role in society. In Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural, Lincoln uses religion in an effort to reunite the North and South and to justify slavery and its end. Likewise, in the Declaration of Independence, religion is used to unite the colonies and justify the Declaration to Britain and the American people. The religious beliefs of early America are not respected and are used as common ground to unite the people and legitimize actions. Lincoln's second inaugural, Lincoln

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    the signing of the declaration of independence. At this time, Great Britain had just fought a war, the French and Indian war. The war was costly and the English Parliament needed a way to raise money and pay off the war expenses. To solve this economic crisis, Parliament had passed acts such as the Proclamation of 1763, Stamp act, Townshend Acts, and the Tea Act. These acts were put into place so Britain could pay off the large sum of war debt. During the French and Indian War, the British fought

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    instance, in 1924 the League of Nations decided to adopt what they called the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. After the atrocities that affected Children during World War I, many people finally agreed that children needed to be protected, and that it was the government’s responsibility to create rights for children in effort to protect them. A very important person, who helped start the process of creating the Declaration on the Rights of the Child, was a British woman named Eglantyne Jebb. In

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    Jefferson's Declaration of Independence "The Origin of Civil Society," by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Declaration of Independence are two important historical documents. They have many similarities. They also have many differences. Rousseau's article is an essay. It talks about his version of civilized society. Jefferson's document is a declaration of independence. In it, Jefferson talks about why the colonists are seeking freedom. Jefferson also discusses the possible need for war. Rousseau would

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    The Declaration of Independence is an obsolete, outdated, and (in our modern day and age,) a malevolent document. The last time the American people needed The Declaration of Independence was 252 years ago, and the reason for its need (and creation) was because of Great Britain's control over the united states. But now we are a free people, in a free nation, composed of states independent from tyranny. The Declaration is a pantheon of Greek gods, all but important, and shrouded in legend and

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    Many wars were fought between the English and the French. The French and Indian War was an important factor in the writing of the Declaration of Independence. The war was very costly for the British. After the war ended the British thought of ways to gain money from the colonists to help replenish funds lost from the war. This usually was in the form of taxes. The colonists were not happy with the British government and made their feelings and opinions known. The colonists wanted their freedom and

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    The Declaration of Independence was written because there was a conflict between the America colonists and Great Britain. A war had begun in April 1175, because of the American colonists were fighting for their rights up against the British crown. When the Revolution war was in full effect the American colonist’s independence from the British had intensified and begin to increase. The delegates from the continental congress was faced with to vote on the issue in 1776. Five groups of patriotic men

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    governance as elucidated by the Declaration of Independence and thus allows for the system of checks and balances imperative to a final product that can guarantee a unified egalitarian republic. However, in order to prove this point, it must be conceded that the so-called “ideals of the American Revolution” can be no better embodied by one defining document than the Declaration of Independence because, in essence, it acts as the singular mission statement behind the Revolutionary War itself. Logically then

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    was living through the revolutionary war. You all might be asking yourselfs “ What did you do in the revolutionary war?” Well let me tell you that I served as U.S. minister to France, U.S. secretary of state, and I was vice president under John Adams in the years 1735 to 1826. I was in the Virginia legislature, Continental Congress, and was governor of Virginia.I am a important part of history because I was one of the five people that wrote the Declaration of Independence. I was also one of the

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    written mainly by Thomas Jefferson, was released which stated the independence of the 13 colonies. This document, “The Declaration of Independence,” stated that the colonies would no longer be ruled under Great Britain, all men are created equal, and the government will have no right to take away the rights to “liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness.” The declaration of independence marked a turning point for the colonies by splitting up from Great Britain, this was the first time the colonies

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