V31 - Declaration Evolving Hypothesis by Gregory Tull https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p Share your hypotheses as they change! en-us 2021-10-22 15:31:55 UTC 2021-10-22 16:12:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Vincent https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836682629 The colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence because they wanted to continue slavery. According to Nicole Hannah Jones, “By 1776, Britain had grown deeply conflicted over its role in the barbaric institution of slavery. In London (England) there were growing calls to outlaw the slave trade.” At the time the Declaration of Independence was written, Great Britain was experiencing controversies over slavery and slavery could potentially be made illegal. From today’s lesson, I learned that many of the colonists who signed the Declaration of Independence were slave owners. Therefore, I infer that they wanted independence from Britain to continue slavery.]]> 2021-10-22 16:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836682629 Samuel https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836683346 The declaration of independence was signed in order to unite all of the 13 colonies and all social classes by giving them reasons to hate Great Britain in order to fight back. This also helped with preventing any internal conflicts. In the article by historian Howard Zinn he says, “It seemed clear to the educated, upper-class colonists that something needed to be done to persuade the lower class to join the revolutionary cause, to direct their anger against England”  ]]> 2021-10-22 16:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836683346 Citlali https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836683418 The colonists wrote down the Declaration of Independence because they wanted peace with other places and also wanted to set some rules/law for people.]]> 2021-10-22 16:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836683418 My hypothesis is that the declaration of independence was written in order to unite all of the social classes in the 13 colonies in order to fight back Great Britain because the colonists knew that there would be internal conflicts between the social classes that can’t prevent any type of conflict with Great Britain. The declaration was the way to unite all of them and persuade their anger towards Great Britain to fight back “It seemed clear to the educated, upper-class colonists that something needed to be done to persuade the lower class to join the revolutionary cause, to direct their anger against England.” Jaime https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836684375 2021-10-22 16:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836684375 Sayemah Rahaman https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836685364 The colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence only for their own benefit. They did not care about others in the way that the Declaration of Independence said. The colonies wanted to create the Declaration of Independence because they were angry at Britain increasing and overwhelming them, and because they were afraid. It was stated in Document C that “It is not a coincidence that 10 of this nation’s first 12 presidents were enslavers, and some might argue that this nation was founded not as a democracy but as a slavocracy.” What this means is that colonists  were basically telling a lie and they did this out of greed. They didn't want anything other but to maintain the entire system of slavery because they benefit so much from it, which is purely harsh.]]> 2021-10-22 16:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836685364 Jackie https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836686495 The colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence in order to unite all 13 colonies to rebel against Great Britain’s exploitations. According to “A People’s History of the United States”, it states “The solution was to find language inspiring to all classes, specific enough in its listing of grievances (complaints) to fill people with anger against the British, vague enough to avoid class conflict, and stirring enough to build patriotic feelings”. Uniting all classes, even the minority and the middle class, can make a major difference in the revolution against Great Britain.]]> 2021-10-22 16:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836686495 Giovanni https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836687091 The Declaration of Independence has a completely different meaning now , especially the secret progress that black people were not given the right to say a word to this progress.]]> 2021-10-22 16:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836687091 -Arely-The colonist wrote the declaration of independence because they wanted more power in order to go against the british and wanted slavery to continue. https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836689484 2021-10-22 16:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836689484 Cynthia https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836692875 The colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence because they want to make sure America becomes rich and powerful. The new evidence adds on to my earlier opinion from earlier. It supports the revised hypothesis because the first evidence (Document A) means that America wants to be free from the oppression of Britain. The second evidence (Document B) means that the country should be free to have the power to do whatever they want. Finally, the final evidence (Document C) is about America being free to continue slavery on their own. ]]> 2021-10-22 16:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836692875 Jayro https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836693089 The colonists wrote the declaration of independence to unite all the social classes and 13 colonies.  By giving them reasons to be angry at England and want to fight for the revolution. Also it helped prevent conflicts within the colonies and social classes. “It seemed clear to the educated, upper-class colonists that something needed to be done to persuade the lower class to join the revolutionary cause, to direct their anger against England”  ]]> 2021-10-22 16:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836693089 Ming https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836700832 The colonists signed the Declaration of Independence because they wanted people to come together to fight back.According to  Zinn, ““was well suited to unite large numbers of colonists and persuade even those who had grievances against one another to turn against England. “  They use this to unite people to come together and persuade the lower class to join the revolutionary cause. They want to get people together to fight back to someone or a country. But they also wrote this to save their know goods they wanted to be free from Great Britian but don’t want all people to be free( wanted to keep slavery).


]]> 2021-10-22 16:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836700832 https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836701990 The declaration of independence was written for laws and there freedom for the white people]]> 2021-10-22 16:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836701990 josh https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836702481 The colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence because they wanted to continue slavery and they wanted more power for themselves.]]> 2021-10-22 16:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gtull1/uksoxbxl2ndogo0p/wish/1836702481