The American Revolution
Beginning of paper
was forced upon the Americans by the cruel
treatment from the British. On May 10 of 1775 the Second Continental
Congress gathered in Philadelphia, one month after the fighting broke out.
There, delegates from each of the 13 colonies would decide on independence.
A Declaration of Independence was ....
Middle of paper
.... the help
of John Locke and Rousteu. Within the preamble Jefferson writes that the
people, "to secure these rights...whenever any form of government becomes
destructive...it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it." It
gives the people of America the freedom to impeach untrustworthy rulers and
dictators if they wish to. The freedom that Thomas Jefferson gave us is
still in practice today. The middle section justified why the colonists
were revolting against the Britis h Empire. Her ....
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