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Analyzing the Declaration of Independence. History Essay.

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Thesis: Make a clear argument. Your thesis should argue to explain an important point such as, why the
document is how it is or what forces shaped the final version of the Declaration? It might answer,
what purposes some of the changes, inclusions, or exclusions may have had? Or, how does the
document help to gain support for Independence?
Structure: Each of your topic sentences should address the primary subject of the paragraph. Also,
you need to indent paragraphs. Different topics need to be organized in a logical way into
paragraphs.
Evidence: Evidence from lecture, textbook, required readings, the Declaration draft, and final version
should support your topic sentence. For instance, if you had a topic sentence about slavery
then you should include information about slavery from the lecture or readings and the Declaration
that help explain the argument you make in your topic sentence.
Mechanics: The most important thing is to make sure that I can read (i.e. literally read it) your essay
and that I can understand your meaning – the intent of your words. Spelling (this section is graded
fairly easily.)
NOTE: Make sure you give credit, quotes from text or readings are discouraged beyond 1 per page and
quotes should be VERY short or brief. Also, any quote must be cited (Document, PAGE # if from Text
or Reading). If you paraphrase an important idea, concept, or argument you should cite the information.
YOU CAN FAIL FOR PLAGERISM!
Write with an authoritative voice, allow historical examples to back up your reasoning. Do not write
“I believe” or “I think” or “I feel” instead if you must use “I” use it sparingly perhaps in the introduction
if needed and write terms like “I argue.” You are the author of the paper the “I” is implied and not
needed in most cases. Make sure to use the correct tense remember when speaking of events, they happened
in the past. BUT if you speak to works like Ira Berlin or the text they should be considered
living things arguing a point in the present. E.g you might write “Ira Berlin in his work Many Thousands
Gone claims that…..” or that “Ira Berlin argues that….”

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Analyzing the Declaration of Independence
The immortal words carved in the Declaration of Independence are a firm reminder that the one-time colonies of Great Britain are now the United States of America. Thomas Jefferson, the person tasked to draft the original rough version of the document, had written the reasons for the declaration of independence of the colonies as well as the charges against the tyrannical rule of King George III (Armitage, 27). When the rough draft was turned over to Congress, the existing committee allotted additional time to edit and remove some passages in Jefferson's document to fit the standards of those who are present in the meeting (Rakove, 19). Although there are multiple changes done throughout the document, two notable large deletions in the rough draft, including the large passage about slavery and the elaboration about circumstances of emigration and settlement, should be further studied since these deletions implied contradictions between the lifestyle of the citizens of the colonies and the general purpose of the declaration of independence, specifically about “all men are created equal” and the charges against the King about the non-assistance of Great Britain in the growth of the colonies.
Deletion: Carrying them into Slavery
Jefferson originally stated that, the King is “…violating its most sacred Rights of Life and Liberty in the Persons of a distant People who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into Slavery in another Hemisphere… (US 1776).” The atrocities of the British crown were heavily condemned by Thomas Jefferson in the original rough draft of the declaration; however, members of the committee deliberately removed the charges about the King's crime in introducing the slave trade in the colonies and in Great Britain (Vile, 2). Jefferson was also implying that the colonies were forced to accept slavery since it was an imposed institution of the monarch (Rakove, 5).
Additionally, Jefferson referred slavery as the result of all the negatives of the “Christian King of Great Britain” for keeping the horrible slave market open (US 1776). Jefferson stressed the "Christian King" to show the contradictions between the teaching of religious scriptures about doing the public good and the projected acts of the king that desecrated the nature of the God (Ville, 272).
The passage was removed since the other members of the committee wished to continue the slave trade in the independent colonies (Armitage, 58). Specifically, southern delegates in the meeting are ...
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