1776 Reporter On The Declaration On Independence

1776 Reporter On The Declaration On Independence

1776 Reporter on the Declaration on Independence:

On July 2nd of this year of 1776 we declared independence from Great Britain as outlined in a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 titled “The United States Declaration of Independence.”

Drafted principally by Thomas Jefferson and signed by the 56 Delegates to Continental Congress, this document grieves to King George III human rights of neutrality. Furthermore, with no Parliament Representation from the Mother Land, the colonists have determined it difficult to justify the heavy taxes laden upon them by the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Act of 1767.   That is, despite a void of representation, Parliament has been declaring governmental jurisdiction over the Thirteen Colonies.

In retribution of the Boston Tea Party, punitive acts initiated by Parliament virtually thrust The Colonies into the Revolutionary War with Great Britain that began in April, 1775. Petitions to The King to cease his actions lead only to his writing a Proclamation of Rebellion.

 On June 11, 1776, Congress appointed a "Committee of Five", consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, to write what is now known as The Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776 the committee of the whole adopted its final version. Although historians (will) have many points of controversy and contention, we know that influences include Emerich de Vattel's The Law of Nations. Benjamin Franklin stated that this book was "continually in the hands of the members of our Congress.” Additionally, the Constitution of Virginia, and George Mason's draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights both demonstrated ideas and phrases that appear in the Declaration of Independence. They were interestingly influenced by the 1689 English Declaration of Rights, which formally ended the reign...