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In Declaration of Independence  the patriots were fighting for there own nation an country an the British does not want that to happen because if they make there own country or nation they could have support by other country’s or by some of the nobiles of the Britain  empire.

The battle for independence was a bloody battle for independence both sides lost a lot of good men in the war and  very good men that were good with setting up ambushes  and traps like they use everything around  them that was useful.

The British were annoyed by the rebels because they would hit convoys of solders and take there  supplies like gun powered,guns, hores     and they will capture the British solders and Bargen with them of what they need an what they want and if it doesn’t work they will attack..

the advantages in the war was George Washington and there home land the British didn’t know the advantages points that the rebels had in the war they would setup ambushes and more the British weren’t use to the land that they were    On.

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Charles Carroll was born into a wealthy, catholic family. Carroll seemed to have life set up for him perfectly but he definitely faced hardships such as limitations due to his religion but he pushed through to live past all of the other signers and became well accomplished.
Carroll because part of the continental congress as the revolutionary was beginning but he was not allowed to participate in politics because he was catholic even though he spent years studying the topic. Despite these boundaries, Carroll found a way to write anti-tax and tariff protests.  As the revolutionary war was becoming closer, Carroll was approached by Franklin and Chase who were trying to gain assistance from the Canadian government. Carroll joined the men but they did not succeed after two years. Carroll was not present for the vote for the Declaration of Independence but he was there to sign the the final copy being the only catholic to do so. Carroll was a member of the Board of war and was re-nominated in 1780 but declined. Carroll was also part of the Maryland state senate and the U.S senate at the same time.
Carroll retired to a private life in 1800 after a very accomplished life. Carroll passed away in 1832, being the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to do so.

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While almost, if not every country, has a history of wars, the American colony’s history lies in the bloodied and petty battles. The battles had acted as a major building block to modern America, with the fist step of unity falling through in one of the battles. Without the battles the colonies as we know it might have had a different end to the tale. In almost four decades, the Americas fate was sealed.
After the Seven Year War, or French and Indian War tensions had steadily rose. Especially after promises, empty, but nonetheless promises, had turned out false. With new taxes in place, the colonists were not happy. Everyday items, such as tea and documents, were now sold at a higher price.
When violent protests broke out, many resulting in death, Britain, in an act to gain control, had tried to resolve the incident. However their attempts had been brutally shut down when the colonists had dumped decades worth of tea into the Boston Harbor (The Boston Tea Party).
Soon after this event, Britain struck back by giving more power to the British governor of Massachusetts, angering colonists further. With vengeance in their bones, the colonists had many meetings to discuss what action to take next, while the war continued with fury. While many colonists still had faith in the king, their problem was with parliament, the king had ignored their complaints.
However, as the fighting intensified, the hope of reconciliation with Britain faded, the only hope left was to declare themselves free from the cruel rule. With major steps to the approval of the Declaration of Independence being made on July 2, the colonists had made their bed. And on July 4, 1776, they laid themselves down, and rested upon it.

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Britain and the colonies had grown a large hate for each other about a decade or so before the Declaration of Independence. The colonies were not happy with the British about their tax rising among other things. The British first attempt to raise taxes was in 1765 The Stamp Act. The second in 1767 with the Townshed Act, and finally the 3rd act was the Boston Tea party. The first act was of British trying to tax stamps. The second was placing high tax on things the colonies imported from Britain. Everything except for tea, which is what lead to the Boston Tea Party. Britain made British tea cheaper than the tea the colonies were drinking. This ticked of the people in the colonies and Boston, because the British were hoping that by doing this the colonies would pay more and buy tea instead of smuggling it. Instead of buying the tea Boston citizens threw hundreds of crates of tea into the Boston harbor. Britain knew they had a problem, they had countless meeting before finally agreeing on something in July of 1776. They came up with the Declaration of Independence, which was signed on July 4, 1776.

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What led to the Declaration of Independence
What led to the Declaration of Independence was first the Americans being mad about the British raising their taxes. So the British tried making up for this by lowering the taxes on tea, but, the Americans weren’t convinced so they threw all their tea into the Boston harbor as like a rebellion which then helped lead to the signing of the Declaration of Independence 1776. This national history has been recorded in many history books to sho how our great America began.
So that is how the Declaration of Independence was created.

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The Declaration of Independence had tension steaming in there own country and the British steadily rose the tax’s

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The declaration was signed and written by a group of colonists to make their own country. The colonists  reasoning for this was that they didn’t like how they were being governed by the British and they felt that it needed to be changed.
After the British had heard of this they started putting large taxes on the verdant things the colonists used, for example, stamps, newspapers, and tea. This movement was later known as the Stamp act of 1765. This sparked The Boston tea party, which was where a group of colonists dumped hundred of boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor. On September 5th, 1774, the first Congress meeting was held in Philadelphia. Representatives from every colony except, Georgia, attended the meeting. The colonists wanted to form an independent country to get rid of the British’s harsh rules. The Congress meeting had slowly, but surely been winning over votes to form a new country. By 1775, almost all of the colonies said yes to the new country. Later, in April the revolutionary war had begun. In 1776, another Congress was held. By this time, every colony had voted yes for the new country. July 4th, 1776, was the day the Declaration of Independence was signed.
That is the history of this truly awesome and legendary document. Even though the process to get the Declaration of Independence signed was grueling and tough, and it really was a struggle, imagine that it didn’t happen. To this day we could’ve still been under British rule.

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In the decade before the Declaration of Independence, tension steadily grew between Britain and the colonies. For starters, Britain steadily rose the taxes on the colonies, as well as several other less-than-admirable acts. As you can imagine, this did not go over very well. Throughout the period, there were 3 attempts made by Britain to increase the taxes on the colonies, the first being the Stamp Act of 1765. This act required the colonists to pay a high tax on stamps for diplomas, newspapers, various legal documents, and even playing cards. The colonists were so against this that they refused to pay the tax. Ultimately this led to the act getting repealed the next year. The next attempt was made in 1767, with the Townshend Act. This act placed high taxes on products the colonies imported from Britain. In retaliation, the colonies stopped buying things to Britain. This hurt the British so badly that they had no choice but to remove the tax on everything....except tea. The next act, (the Tea Act), made British tea cheaper than the smuggled tea the colonies were consuming. At this point, the British just wanted the colonies to recognize that Britain could tax them, so they hoped they would buy the tea. However, this made residents of Boston even more ticked off, leading them to throw hundreds of boxes of British tea into the Boston river, resulting in the Boston Tea Party. This, naturally, infuriated Britain, leading to what’s known as the Intolerable Acts. In short, the Intolerable Acts gave more power to the British-appointed governors of Massachusetts an absurd amount of power, it also favored British-appointed leaders in general, forcing colonists to do something. They held many meetings over the next year, some people even still wanted to stay, but by July of 1776, most colonists wanted to get away from a power across the sea. Thus, the Declaration of Independence was made.

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The war vary long

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The decleration of independence was important because it ended a war that was very long

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10 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed, there was significant tension between the British and the 13 colonies. After the French and Indian war, the British taxed the 13 colonies even after they promised not to! Throughout the years, the taxing became unnecessary and cruel. The British started to tax colonies on everyday necessities and the colonies didn’t approve. The colonists eventually couldn’t take it anymore and started to boycott. The British hated the idea and stopped all taxes except for on the tea. As a result, the colonies dumped tons and tons of tea into the harbor. The British shut down the ports. The colonies wanted freedom but the British wanted power. As you can tell, there was lots of tension between the groups.
In 1774, the colonies had a meeting in Philadelphia hoping to get their own country. Progress was being made and within 2 years, colonists had enough votes to support their cause! The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, and the colonies were free. We now recognize this day as Independence Day and celebrate the freedom we received.

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The Events that Led to the Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence was the result of many events occurring in the Colonies in the 1700’s. Before the Declaration of Independence was written in 1776, the colonists were growing angry about the taxes they were expected to pay to England. There were three main taxes. They were the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1773 (Mrs. Tom). All three of the Acts meant that Colonists would pay taxes to England, but they would not have a representative in Parliament.
The Stamp Act required the Colonists to pay a tax on stamps. The stamps were put on papers, cards, letters, and other documents. The Colonists resisted the tax, and eventually, the British Parliament repealed the Act (Mrs. Tom).
The British Parliament tried again, this time by putting taxes on anything that came into the Colonies from England. This was called the Townsend Acts. The Colonists fought this tax by refusing to buy the products that were being taxed. This ended up hurting the British businesses that were sending products to the Colonies.
Finally, in 1770, the British tried to just tax the Colonists on the tea they were shipping to the colonies. That resulted in the tea being dumped in Boston Harbor for the Boston Tea Party. The Colonists did not want to be taxed by England if they did not have some representation in the British Parliament. (Mrs. Tom)
King George and Parliament reacted to the Boston Tea Party by closing Boston Harbor in 1774. That way no goods could get into the harbor. They gave the British-appointed governor of Massachusetts more power. They also decided that any British official who was charged with crimes against the colonists would go to trial in England instead of in the colonies. The colonists became angry and called these acts the Intolerable Acts. (Mrs. Tom)
On September 5, 1774, the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. They wanted to meet to convince King George III to limit the Intolerable Acts . Most representatives still did not want to be independent of England. They just wanted to be treated fairly. The King did not respond to their requests. (Mrs. Tom)
These are the events, over a period of several years, that led up to the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

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The Declaration of Independence was signed for the American colonies to form their own country. This was because, they did not like their current state in life, suffering from British rule.
The British put taxes on some things that the colonists used everyday, like stamps, newspapers, and tea. This became known as the Stamp act of 1765. The colonists reacted to this by boycotting against British goods. The British made tea cheaper, hoping to make the colonists realize Britain’s right to tax them, but the colonists rejected. They dumped hundreds of pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. This became known as the Boston Tea Party. On September 5th, 1774, the first Congress meeting was held in Philadelphia. Representatives from every colony (other than Georgia) showed up. The colonists wanted to form an independent country to stop the harsh rules of the British. The Congress meeting had been slowly winning over votes to form a new country. By 1775, most of the colonists had said yes to a new country. Later, in April, the Revolutionary War had started. In 1776, another Congress meeting was held. By now every colony had voted yes, and felt they ought to be free. It was on the day of July 4th, 1776, that the Declaration of Independence was finally signed, marking the day of colonial freedom.
That, was the history of the signing of the legendary document itself. Although it took a while, the Declaration of Independence was finally signed after years of fighting, and without it, we might still, to this day, be forced under British rule.

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Charles Carroll was a man born into a well to do family. Charles also became a Continental Congress member right before the American Revolution. Some of his other major accomplishments beings member of the U.S. and Maryland state senate.
Since Charles was catholic and could not participate in any politics he was not able to vote on the United Sates gaining its freedom. Although Charles didn’t vote on the U.S. gaining its independence Charles did sign the Declaration of Independence.
Charles later retired in 1832 and was the last man alive who signed the Declaration of Independence.
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During the decade before the Declaration of Indepence, the American Colonies were hit with a large amount of taxes by the British. These taxes included the Stamp Act and the Tea Act. By April of 1775, a Revolutionary War had broken out between the British and the American Colonies. After the war on July 2nd, the Declaration of Independence was written, and it was finalized on July 4th (which is why the 4th of July is Independence Day in the USA). Fifty six people signed the Declaration of Independence, and one of the people who signed it was Charles Carroll. Carroll was a member of the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence, being the only Catholic man to do so. He retired in 1800 and died in 1832 as the last surviving person who signed the Declaration of Independence.

-Will Walters

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In war there is payments to it like food, water, clothes, weapons, medicine and ammo.  This does cost a lot because there were a lot of men in the war even on different sides/The French, Native Americans and the British so each place had someone to pay for there stuff but that’s the French only. The British didn’t had anyone to pay for any of this but that didn’t help because they had taxes that no one is able to pay so they were in a really tight spot in the war.

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There are many events that led to the Declaration of Independence, One of them was Britain said they were going to pay for the French and Indian war, Britain dug themselves into HUGE debt from this because this war went longer than they thought it was going to and the war and war in general is insanely expensive, so Britain taxed the colonies causing a divide between the colonies and Britain. After the French and Indian war the colonist wanted to move west into the Ohio river valley this caused conflict with the natives so Britain halted westward expansion. Then the Boston tea party and other altercations caused our founding fathers to take this risky step into making this country. Charles Carroll was the man alive to sign the Declaration of Independence.

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British said they’d were going to pay for the war and the British turned around Andy raised taxes to pay for the war And made people do it.

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The making of the Declaration of Independence was brought on by a chain of events that the British took part in. The colonies did not like the ways the British were doing things and they wanted to be free from their rules. Here are some of the events that led to the creation of this legendary document.

The British Parliament was taxing the colonies for stamps on playing cards, on newspapers, on documents, and even tea! These events were called the Stamp Act of 1765, The Townshend Acts of 1767, and The Tea Act of 1773. The Stamp Act was revoked in 1766 because of resisting colonists. The Townshend Act placed taxes on imported items, so in retaliation the colonists boycotted trade with Britian which hurt British economy.(Mrs.Tom) In the year 1770 taxes were lifted from everything but tea. This was done to get colonists to pay for British tea instead of smuggled tea. However the colonists retaliated by pouring "a lot" of tea into the harbor. This became known as the Boston Tea Party. (Mrs. Tom) After this the British responded by closing the port in Boston which gave the govenor of Massachussetts more power and British people returned to England to be trialed there. Americans called this the Intolerable Acts which led to the Declaration and our country's freedom.

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Events leading to the Declaration. During the 10-year period prior to the adoption of the Declaration, American leaders repeatedly challenged the British Parliament's right to tax the colonies. Three efforts by Parliament to raise taxes provoked heated protest from the colonists. These efforts were the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1773.

The Stamp Act required colonists to pay for tax stamps placed on newspapers, playing cards, diplomas, and various legal documents. Colonial resistance forced Parliament to repeal the act in 1766. The Townshend Acts placed duties (taxes) on imported goods. The colonists reacted by boycotting British goods, which hurt British businesses. In 1770, Parliament removed the duties on all items except tea. The Tea Act made British tea cheaper than tea the colonists had been smuggling into the colonies. The British hoped the colonists would purchase the British tea at the lower price, and thereby acknowledge Britain's right to tax them. But the residents of Boston defied the act by dumping hundreds of pounds of British tea into Boston Harbor. This event became known as the Boston Tea Party.

In 1774, Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by adopting laws that closed the port of Boston and gave the British-appointed governor of Massachusetts more power. In addition, the laws allowed British officials accused of crimes against Americans to be returned to Britain for trial. Angry colonists referred to these laws as the Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts.

The Continental Congress. The Intolerable Acts alarmed the colonists. On Sept. 5, 1774, the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to plan common measures of resistance. All the colonies except Georgia sent representatives to the Congress. The delegates supported the view held by most colonists—that they could not be ruled by a Parliament in which they were not represented. The most Parliament could do, the delegates suggested, was pass laws regulating the trade of the British Empire. Most colonists still wanted to remain members of the empire, but they felt they owed allegiance only to the British Crown and not to Parliament. The delegates to the First Continental Congress hoped Britain's King George III and his ministers would free the colonies from the Intolerable Acts.

In 1775, most colonists still did not favor declaring themselves independent of the British Crown. Such a declaration would cut the last bond linking the colonies to Britain. The delegates to the Second Continental Congress, which assembled on May 10, 1775, continued to hope the king would help resolve the colonists' differences with Parliament. In July, the colonists sent a final petition to Britain declaring their loyalty to the king and asking him to address their complaints. But the king ignored their request and declared the colonies to be in rebellion.

Meanwhile, the Revolutionary War had begun in April 1775, when British troops clashed with colonial militia at Lexington, Massachusetts, and nearby Concord. In January 1776, the political writer Thomas Paine published Common Sense. This electrifying pamphlet attacked the concept of monarchy and made a powerful case for the independence of the American Colonies.

As the fighting intensified, hopes of reconciliation with Britain faded. On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution to the Second Continental Congress stating that "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States ..." After several days of debate, the Congress appointed a committee to draft a declaration of independence. The committee gave the task to Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, who completed the work in about two weeks. Two other members, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and John Adams of Massachusetts, made a few minor changes.

Adoption of the Declaration. On July 2, the Congress approved the Lee resolution. The delegates then began to debate Jefferson's draft. A few passages, including one condemning King George for encouraging the slave trade, were removed. Most other changes dealt with style. On July 4, the Congress adopted the final draft of the Declaration of Independence.

Declaration of Independence

The Declaration was signed by John Hancock as president of the Second Continental Congress and by Charles Thomson, the Congress's secretary. It was promptly printed and read to a large crowd in the State House yard on July 8. On July 19, the Congress ordered the Declaration to be engrossed (written in stylish script) on parchment. It also ordered that all its members sign the engrossed copy. Eventually, 56 members signed.

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Zietlow, Rebecca E. "Declaration of Independence." World Book Student, World Book, 2018,

www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar151520. Accessed 28 Oct. 2018.

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Born into a wealthy family, Charles Carroll became a member of the Continental Congress as the American Revolution loomed. Carroll missed the vote on independence but signed the final draft of the Declaration on Independence, becoming the only Catholic to do so. He was a member of the Maryland state Senate and the U.S. Senate (concurrently), finally retiring to private life in 1800. Before his death in 1832, he was the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Because he was a Catholic, Carroll was not allowed to participate in politics, practice law (despite years of study) or vote, but he became known in important circles in a roundabout way by writing various anti-tax/tariff tracts (essentially, early protestations against "taxation without representation") in the Maryland Gazette under the pseudonym "First Citizen."

The War

With the Revolution gearing up, in 1774 Carroll found himself approached by Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Chase to help gain the support of the Canadian government for their cause. Carried out by all three men, the eventual mission was not a success, but two years later Carroll was appointed to the Continental Congress, where he was an influential member of the Board of War and an early advocate for armed resistance and the ultimate severing of governmental ties with England. (He was nominated again in 1780 but decided not to accept the post.

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Charles Carroll Biography

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