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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE William H. (William Henry) 184 Michael,United States Dept of State No preview available - 2016 |
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE William H. (William Henry) 184 Michael,United States Dept of State No preview available - 2016 |
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28th of June 2d of August 4th of July abolishing absolute Absolved accordingly ADAMS adopted Allegiance alter AMERICA appeal appointed to prepare Armies assemblies Assent to Laws BENJA Britain British crown CALIFORNIA Carolina Civil committee to prepare concur Congress Consent consist of five constitu constrained Declaration of Independence declaring the United deputies destruction engrossed estab establish foreign FRANKLIN free and independent Government Happiness hither Inhabitants invasion JEFFERSON JOHN HANCOCK jurisdiction justice laid Legislation Legislature LEWIS lished LIVINGSTON Maryland MATTHEW THORNTON MORRIS necessity obstructed Officers Peace PENN Petitioned political connection powers prepare a declaration pretended Protection REC'D LD refused his Assent refused to pass render repeated injuries REPRESENTATIVES resolution resolved respecting independency ROBT safety Seas sent Separation SHERMAN signed suffer suspended THOS tion totally dissolved transporting Trial troops Tyranny Tyrant United Colonies free UNIV usurpations WILLIAM
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Page 11 - Resolved, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions, and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding officers of the continental troops ; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army.
Page 5 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 9 - That it be recommended to the respective Assemblies and Conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such Government as shall, in the opinion of the Representatives of the People, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular and America in general.
Page 3 - In Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When 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...
Page 10 - July, a resolution of the convention of Maryland, passed the 28th of June, authorizing the deputies of that colony to concur in declaring the United Colonies free and independent States, was laid before Congress and read.
Page 10 - Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare and digest the form of a confederation to be entered into between these Colonies"; which committee was appointed the next day, June 12, and consisted of a member from each Colony, namely: Mr.
Page 9 - The good people of the several colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Castle, Kent and Sussex...
Page 6 - He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Page 6 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Page 3 - 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.