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	SparkNotes: The Declaration of Independence (1776): Preamble
		The Declaration of Independence is important because it inspired many revolutionary efforts throughout the world and contributed to Americans' understanding of their values as a new nation.
		The introduction, called the preamble, to the Declaration of Independence is especially important because it builds connections between philosophical theory and practical politics, expresses the fundamental values of the new American government, and also appeals to other nations to accept the new nation.
		Americans continue to believe that the phrase "all men are created equal" is a fundamental "law" in the country.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/declaration/section1.html (780 words)

	JAH Roundtable
		The American Declaration of Independence was valued by French readers of its time, and not only because French liberals enrolled in the defense of the British American colonies; in its French wording, the declaration became one of the philosophical and political references of the French who envisioned a utopian future.
		The Eighteenth-Century Migration of the Declaration of Independence
		American democracy as it was analyzed by Tocqueville was, as we know, related to his conception of a future French regime, and it masked an underlying reevaluation of the French Revolution of 1789.
	chnm.gmu.edu /declaration/marien.html (10336 words)

	Catholic Sources and the Declaration of Independence
		JOHN C. The principles enunciated in the Declaration of Independence are identically the political thought and theory predominant and traditional among representative Catholic churchmen of the time.
		A closer study of the Declaration of Independence discloses its dissimilarity with the social-contract or compact theories as explained with slight variations, by Rousseau, Hobbes, Locke, Puffendorf, Althusius, Grotius, Hooker, Kant, or Fichte.
		In the second place the formulator of the American Declaration of Independence, did actually possess such books on theories of government as were universally known and read, especially by political students, which book prominently mentioned the name of a Catholic, Cardinal Bellarmine, and discussed and quoted his and the Catholic Schoolmen's political theories.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/politics/pg0003.html (3815 words)

	United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An engrossed copy of the declaration was signed by the delegates on August 2 and is now on display in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The Declaration is considered to be the founding document of the United States of America, where July 4th is celebrated as Independence Day.
		The United States Declaration of Independence was influenced by the 1581 Dutch Republic declaration of independence, called the Oath of Abjuration.
		Free audiobook of The Declaration of Independence from LibriVox
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Declaration_of_Independence (3987 words)

	Declaration of Independence: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of ...
		A printed copy of the final version of the Declaration of Independence is available in the United States Statutes at Large.
		The text of the Declaration of Independence appears in the Journals of the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
		The Declaration of Independence was enacted on July 4, 1776.
	www.loc.gov /rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DeclarInd.html (672 words)

	Free Essay American Declaration of Independence and French Declaration
		This 4 page paper examines the Declaration of Independence with regard to its purpose; the principles of government it espouses; and relations with the Bri...
		The reasons, such as suspension of colonial legislatures, impressment of American sailors and the importation of mercenaries (Jefferson, 2), given for the dissolution of the political connections that the American and British people have held for over 100 years all relate to the King's tyrannical tendencies and the peoples right to choose a different government.
		Both the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen have common roots in the arguments of the Enlightenment, and in the Enlightened philosophies Rousseau, Locke and Montesquieu.
	www.echeat.com /essay.php?t=26697 (970 words)

	Answers to Quiz on the Declaration of Independence
		According to the Declaration of Independence governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed (i.e., the people agree to be governed by said government).
		The Declaration of Independence has two parts: the first is an eloquent preamble describing the theory of political revolution.
		The Declaration of Independence continues, "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish that government, and to institute a new government.
	www.angelfire.com /tx2/kainwhitten/ansindepend.html (522 words)

	Declaration of Independence — Infoplease.com
		Declaration of Independence, full and formal declaration adopted July 4, 1776, by representatives of the Thirteen Colonies in North America announcing the separation of those colonies from Great Britain and making them into the United States.
		The Declaration of Independence - The Declaration of Independence On April 12, 1776, the legislature of North Carolina authorized its...
		Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence for Thomas Jefferson, the pen truly was mightier than the sword.(American History)(Cover......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0814928.html (265 words)

	American History - Declaration of Independence
		This was the object of the Declaration of Independence.
		While there is not much to compare Arbroath to the American declaration, it would be useful to give a summary of the latter in order to illuminate the differences between a philosophical political ideology versus the nuts and bolts of hard politicking.
		A true document of the Enlightenment, the American declaration originally drafted by Thomas Jefferson is a philosophically complex text wrapped in a beautifully simple formula.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/america/jefferson.htm (3066 words)

	History - American Declaration of Independence - teacher student resources - Really Fine Web Design, Education Online.
		It declared that "these United Colonies are, and of a 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 Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved."
		The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4.
		The Declaration is a statement of the American theory of government.
	www.really-fine.com /history.html (933 words)

	The Proclamation of Philippine Independence
		With a government in operation, Aguinaldo thought that it was necessary to declare the independence of the Philippines.
		The Act of the Declaration of Independence was prepared by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, who also read it.
		One of the signers was an American, L.M. Johnson, Colonel of Artillery.
	www.msc.edu.ph /centennial/independence.html (465 words)

	Declaration of Independence historical background
		The weight of these actions combined to convince many Americans that the mother country was treating the colonies as a foreign entity.
		In 1823 Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to Madison concerning the background history to the Declaration of Independence, wrote that the other members of the committee "unanimously pressed on myself alone to undertake the draught [sic].
		Timothy Matlack was probably the engrosser of the Declaration.
	www.age-of-the-sage.org /philosophy/declaration_of_independence.html (1239 words)

	Chapter 1. Specimens of the American Vulgate. 1. The Declaration of Independence in American. Mencken, H.L. 1921. The ...
		It must be obvious that more than one section of the original is now quite unintelligible to the average American of the sort using the Common Speech.
		When, during the Wilson-Palmer saturnalia of oppressions, specialists in liberty began protesting that the Declaration plainly gave the people the right to alter the goverment under which they lived and even to abolish it altogether, they encountered the utmost incredulity.
		On more than one occasion, in fact, such an exegete was tarred and feathered by the shocked members of the American Legion, even after the Declaration had been read to them.
	www.bartleby.com /185/a1.html (1416 words)

	Today in History: July 4
		Unanimous Declaration of Independence, Passed in the United States Congress, 1823.
		The Constitution provides the legal and governmental framework for the United States, however, the Declaration, with its eloquent assertion "all Men are created equal," is equally beloved by the American people.
		In 1859, the Banneker Institute of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, urged African Americans to celebrate Independence Day while bearing witness to the inconsistencies between the ideals espoused in the Declaration of Independence and the practice of slavery.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/jul04.html (886 words)

	Declaration of Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument.
		The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been expressed by John Locke and the Continental philosophers.
		"The Stylistic Artistry of the Declaration of Independence" by Stephen Lucas.
	www.archives.gov /national-archives-experience/charters/declaration.html (379 words)

	The American Revolution (Declaration of Independence)
		And that if these were agreed on, and our Declaration of Independence ready by the time our Ambassador should be prepared to sail, it would be as well as to go into that Declaration at this day.
		The delegates for New York declared they were for it themselves and were assured their constituents were for it, but that their instructions having been drawn near a twelvemonth before, when reconciliation was still the general object, they were enjoined by them to do nothing which should impede that object.
		Congress proceeded the same day to consider the declaration of Independence which had been reported and lain on the table the Friday preceding, and on Monday referred to a committee of the whole.
	theamericanrevolution.org /hdocs/DofInd/JeffNotes.asp (4014 words)

	The American Citizen - Declaration of Independence Interactive Worksheet
		Which words in the Declaration of Independence are the first to indicate that Jefferson was worried about world opinion as to why the colonies were declaring their independence from England?
		Locate the paragraph in the Declaration of Independence that refers to the use of armed Hessian mercenaries (soldiers of fortune from Hesse, a region located in what is now Germany) hired by the British Crown to fight the North American colonists, and paste it here.
		Locate the paragraph in the Declaration of Independence that outlines the efforts of the First and Second Continental Congresses to find some sort of reconciliation with the King, and paste it here.
	www.twyman-whitney.com /americancitizen/foundations/declare_wksht.htm (976 words)

	The Declaration of Independence and Your Own Rights (Lesson Plan) - TeacherVision.com
		It is interesting to note, however, that the July 4 document is merely a fuller statement justifying the resolution of independence adopted by Congress on July 2, 1776.
		The Declaration is an indictment of George III for willfully infringing upon the colonials' rights in order to establish an “absolute Tyranny” over the colonies.
		Students write a personal Declaration of Independence, in the manner that the Declaration of Independence is written.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /american-revolution/lesson-plan/1717.html (898 words)

	Teachnet:American Revolution:Declaration of Independence
		Copies of the Declaration were rushed from the printing press when they were sent on their way to each of the thirteen colonies.
		It was five days later when the Declaration reached New York City where it was then read aloud to General Washington's troops, who shouted hurrah and tossed their hats into the air.
		They had declared their independence, the tough part was to fight for it.
	www.teachnet.ie /jheffernan/2005/decind.htm (366 words)

	The Declaration of Independence Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The American Declaration of Independence has been celebrated and esteemed all over the world, but few people know the history of the document's authorship.
		This Home Page's objective is to demonstrate the evolution of The Declaration of Independence and the effect of collaborative authorship on the document's creation.
		To achieve this goal, the three drafts of the Declaration are available in a standard linear form and in a hypertextual form.
	www.duke.edu /eng169s2/group1/lex3/firstpge.htm (258 words)

	First Printing of the American Declaration of independence in German
		The first German translation of the American Declaration of lndependence was published as a broadside in unfolded form by the printing press of Steiner & Cist of Philadelphia.
		In contrast to the damp stains, which tend to appear when paper is folded, these stitch tacks are not symmetrical, which means that at some unknown point they served to mount the document on cardboard for presentation purposes.
		The quality of the skills involved in producing this German version of the American Declaration of Independence manifests itself in the total absence of printing errors, while the not quite precisely horizontal running of the lines on paper may be a indication that the document was produced under some pressure of time.
	www.dhm.de /magazine/unabhaengig/boette_e.htm (572 words)

	Goliad Declaration of Independence 1835
		After the Siege and Battle of San Antonio and the retreat of Gen. Cos troops to the Rio Grande, the ratio of Texans for total and absolute independence of Texas relative to those for independence as a State in the Mexican Republic and restoration of the Constitution of 1824 continued to increase.
		The first and most formal regional declaration was the Goliad Declaration of Independence, sometimes referred to as the "Mecklenburg of Texas." [The Mecklenburg Declaration of May 1775 produced at a regional convention of North Carolinians in Mecklenburg contained wording similar to that of the American Declaration of Independence of 1776].
		The declaration was transmitted to the Provisional Government of Texas at San Felipe, printed and distributed in handbills.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/consultations5.htm (2171 words)

	The Declaration of Independence — Infoplease.com
		.” A committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman was organized to “prepare a declaration to the effect of the said first resolution.” The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.
		Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
		Declaration of Independence - Declaration of Independence, full and formal declaration adopted July 4, 1776, by representatives...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0101022.html (1271 words)

	The Declaration of Independence -- July 4, 1776
		Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, is a statement of the principles that 2 days earlier had led Congress to vote for the independence of the American colonies from Great Britain.
		Radical proponents of this theory had used it to justify civil disobedience whenever government encroached on any of the specified rights; the more conservative Jefferson held that resistance is justified only when a consistent course of policy shows an unmistakable design to establish tyranny.
		This focus was necessary for a contractual justification of independence, as the colonists had consistently maintained that their only contract was with the crown.
	www.americanrevwar.homestead.com /files/DECLARA.HTM (1869 words)

	Declaration of Independence
		e has affected to render the military independent of, and superior to, the civil power.
		For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
		And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
	www.foundingfathers.info /documents/decindep.html (1022 words)

	tomgpalmer.com: American Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution Coming Soon in Arabic
		The US Dept. of State has lost so much faith in American constitutionalism that its general model for nation building, as evidenced by Iraqi, is by default a parliamentary model.
		When the US advisor to Kazakhstan was asked why he was proposing a parliamentary government instead of a more American one that had a clearer separation of powers, he laughed at the notion.
		It would truly be tragic if their reception by the Arab populace were colored by the fact that they are produced under an American military occupation, but I'm optimistic that they might not be (might be helpful that Bastiat is translated from French rather than English).
	www.tomgpalmer.com /archives/019716.php (1128 words)

	Declaration on Independence.
		On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee proposed a resolution to the Continental Congress stating that "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States." Four days later Congress appointed a committee to draft a declaration embodying the intent of the resolution.
		"The Unan imous Declaration of the 13 United States of America" (the Continental Congress never officially called it the Declaration of Independence) was engrossed on parchment, and on August 2 every member present signed it, the remaining members signing later.
		The article "The Declaration of Independence: A History," which provides a detailed account of the Declaration, from its drafting through its preservation today at the National Archives.
	www.twilightbridge.com /hobbies/festivals/independence/declaration.htm (1667 words)

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