Literature Analysis of the Declaration of Independence of the USA by Karla Estefania De Leon Lopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg The Declaration of Independence, one of U.S. History's most important documents. See a summary and analysis of it en-us 2022-07-30 05:36:24 UTC 2025-05-07 01:34:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png The Declaration of Independence karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251996048 The Declaration of Independence is significant because with the stroke of a pen, the Declaration was created and declared America's independence from Britain.]]> 2022-07-30 05:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251996048 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251996381 Thomas Jefferson would go down in history as the main author of the document.]]> 2022-07-30 05:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251996381 What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence? karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251996475 The Continental Congress convened to address and communicate the colonist's grievances with King George III.]]> 2022-07-30 05:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251996475 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251996638 The purpose of the Declaration was to declare our independence and to explain to the world our reasons for declaring independence. Americans were upset with unfair taxation, British occupancy, and the tyranny of King George III.]]> 2022-07-30 05:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251996638 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251996856 After years of unrest, fighting broke out in 1775 at Lexington and Concord. The delegates met in the Continental Congress in the hot summer of 1776 to discuss an American reaction to the beginnings of the American Revolution.]]> 2022-07-30 05:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251996856 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251997184 Congress asked Thomas Jefferson and others to write a declaration of independence. They needed a document to declare why the colonies had to become independent of Britain. ]]> 2022-07-30 05:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251997184 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251997333 In this document, Jefferson wrote what many Americans believed about their rights. Jefferson wrote that people have the right to live, the right to be free, and the right to seek happiness.]]> 2022-07-30 05:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251997333 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251999544 Many people in America were ready to declare independence and secede from Britain, so the delegates took up the issue of independence, and on July 4, 1776.]]> 2022-07-30 06:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2251999544 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252001932  Jefferson wrote that if a government does not protect the rights of citizens, people have the right to form a new government. This idea was not new. ]]> 2022-07-30 06:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252001932 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002120  The Declaration is still important because it says the American people believe in equal rights for all. ]]> 2022-07-30 06:27:13 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002120 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002293  Today we know that the words “all men are created equal” include everyone: women, men, children, and every race, group, and ability. But in 1776, people’s ideas were different. ]]> 2022-07-30 06:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002293 1767 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002503 British Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which taxed things like glass, lead, and tea, further enraging the colonists.

]]> 2022-07-30 06:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002503 September 1774 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002695 The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts. They decided to develop a unified response and boycott British goods.

]]> 2022-07-30 06:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002695 July 1775 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002873 The Second Continental Congress began another round of meetings in Philadelphia. They drafted the Olive Branch Petition, which was a final attempt at peace by the colonists and which the King rejected.

]]> 2022-07-30 06:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002873 July 4, 1776 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002983 Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence.

]]> 2022-07-30 06:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252002983 March 1770 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252003157 Tensions rose due to British occupation amid other things, resulting in the Boston Massacre.

]]> 2022-07-30 06:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252003157 December 1773 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252003289 The patriots disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped over 300 tea chests into the Boston harbor in what would go down in history as the Boston Tea Party.

]]> 2022-07-30 06:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252003289 1765 karladeleonlopez https://padlet.com/karladeleonlopez/53n0eqbrra1n07rg/wish/2252007702 The Stamp Act is passed. This act required colonists to buy a stamp for all printed materials, infuriating colonists.

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