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The Birth of a Great Nation!
President Jefferson wrote
in the Declaration of Independence:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident;
that all men are created equal..."
"Resolved, That these United Colonies are,
and of right ought to be, free and
independent States, that they are absolved
from all allegiance to the British Crown,
and that all political connection between
them and the State of Great Britain is, and
ought to be, totally dissolved."
Thomas Jefferson, was the 3rd President
of the United States of America,
from 1801 to 1809. Congress had appointed
5 men to prepare this proclamation, and
Jefferson was the greatest contributor of
the words contained in the document, and
described the Declaration of Independence as
"An expression of the American mind."
Thomas Jefferson
It was a declaration of independence for the
colonies of the 13 States, in America,
from Great Britian and was adopted on
July 4, 1776 by the Second Continental Congress,
when John Hancock, who was the President of
the Congress, accepted and signed it.
All the men who signed the document,
knew that they had placed themselves
in grave danger, but were willing to risk
their live for what they believed.
Jefferson used many of the ideas from John Locke
who was an English Philosopher who argued against
the philosopy that human beings were born with
certain ideas. He believed that the mind was
blank and only through experience, a person would
begin to enter ideas. He was totally against the
devine right of kings and argued that governments
depended on the consent of the governed. The main
ideas brought forth were that all men were created
equal; that man had natural rights which were
granted by God; that government could only have
so much power in the lives of the people,
and could only be governed by the agreement
of the people; and the right of the people to
rebel against a government which wanted
to impose dictatorship or tyrany to its people.
Thomas Jefferson was born in 1743 and died
in 1826. His picture is on the $2 dollar bill
(Two Dollar Bill) and the nickle. He is considered
to have been one of our greatest Presidents.
He wrote these words on his own gravestone:
"Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of
the Declaration of Independence, of the statute
of Virgina for religious freedom, and father
of the University of Virginia."
The 13 Colonies were
Connecticut|Delaware|Georgia
Maryland|Massachusetts Bay
New Hampshire|New Jersey|New York
North Carolina|Pennsylvania
Rhode Island|South Carolina|Virginia
The Pledge of Alligiance
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.
Benjamin Franklin Was a scientist, author, printer,
signed the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the United States, and
was Governor of Pennsylvainia.
Alexander Hamilton signed the Constitution and wrote
51 of the 85 Federalist Papers, which powerfully
made the case for ratifying the Constitution.
One Nation Under God
Freedom
Many a boy has discovered that real freedom is
never gained by breaking legitimate laws.
"Obedience to Law is Liberty" is the appropriate
inscription over the massive entrance of a great
courthouse in Cleveland, and it is wonderfully
true. There is no real liberty in any other
course. Just doing what you please, and following
that impulse, is not true freedom. Obeying a
sudden impulse to follow the primerose path
usually starts or strengthens some bad habit
and destroys by just so much our freedom.
A lawless person is never free.
He is a victim of his own unaccountable impulses
and soon a slave to his bad habits.
George Walter Fiske
A Historic Letter
When the Declaration of Independence was declared,
John Adams wrote this historic letter to his wife:
"I am apt to believe that this day will be celebrated
by succeeding generations as the great anniversary
festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of
deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion
to God Almighty. It ought to be solemized
with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports,
guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one
end of this continent to the other, from this time
forward forevermore."
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