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Declaration of Independence

After the Fact Chapter 3: Declaring Independence

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Jenny Zhi 1st Hour After the Fact Chapter 3: Declaring Independence Under what circumstances did Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence? Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence because he was a Virginian, which was held highly by people in colonial times, he was popular with the majority of the people, and he was a talented writer. For these reasons, most of Congress, including John Adams, pressed Jefferson to draft the declaration. How did Jefferson feel about independence? Jefferson did believe in independence, but he didn?t support it as fervently as some radicals, such as John and Samuel Adams. He performed his duties at Congress meetings, but he disliked the political fighting that was occurring. What did Richard Henry Lee do and why?

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IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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