"The Declaration Of Independence"
"We Hold These Truths to be Self Evident"
Yes, There it is folks our "Declaration Of Independence" Just a piece of paper you say, no. This document was the beginning of our way of life. It was written by a man named "Thomas Jefferson"
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Jefferson's words should have as much meaning today as yesterday. We as a nation with the hard won freedoms that our soldiers sacrificed for, have reaped many benefits. We must be ever vigilent and spread the words and ideas of freedom.
The King of England, King George III, had a repeated history of injuries to our colonies and had shown only Tyranny toward us.
"Hear Yea, Hear Yea, Hear Yea
"This declaration of the United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and independent states, that they are absolved from the Allegience to the British Crown."
"When in course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident."
"All men are created equal."
"We have the unalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the Persuit of Happiness."
John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration Of Independence.
We were just 13 colonies then and then we became 13 United States.
| Connecticut | Delaware |
| Georgia | Maryland |
| Massahusetts | New hampshire |
| New Jersey | New York |
| North Carolina | Pennsylvania |
| Rhode Island | South Carolina |
Virginia |
In 1777 our Revoluntionary War began in ernest and lasted until 1782.
Betsy Ross sewed us a flag to carry as our banner of freedom.
George Washington interpeted the design of the flag this way:
The Stars symbolize stars from the sky.
Red is from the British Colors.
The white stripes meant the secession from England.
George Washington was one of our great Generals during the war and became the first president of this great nation,
"The United States of America"
He led our mostly untrained undermaned troops in our bloody battle against the British trained soldiers.
"WE WON"
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