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The Effectiveness Of The Unanimous Declaration Of Independence

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Over the past 240 year history of the United States, there have been many successful argumentative documents that have changed history. Some of those documents include the Bill of Rights, the 15th amendment, and the 13th amendment. None however, had a more successful argument than “The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America.” (US 1776). This document was so successfully argumentative that 56 members of Congress signed the document knowing that it would brand them as traitors to the crown and surely lead to death. “The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America.” (US 1776) argument for the thirteen colonies independence was successful because of the demeanour of the document and the facts stated.
The Declaration of Independence was written in order to clarify and defend the actions of the Continental Congress. Continental Congress wanted to assume the control of the colonies and become its own government. The colonists' were Englishmen, so they as Englishmen should have the rights of Englishmen. The colonist were tired of …show more content…

If they weren’t valid and convincing arguments, there would be not be 33 amendments to the Constitution, there possibly would not even be a United States of America. None, however, would have been even possible without Thomas Jefferson writing the peoples demeanour on paper and shouting facts to the crown through a pen as New Americans while drafting and signing of the Deceleration of Independence. Here is one final quote to sum up this entire paper: “We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States” (US

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