When in the course of life events, it becomes necessary for me to suspend the mental beliefs which have chained me to false ideals overwhelmed me by others; and when it is necessary for me to assume the strength and power of my natural state of being to which the Laws of Nature and of Life entitle me, an honest recognition of who I really […]

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one student to dissolve the burden of excessive and unnecessary work, and to assume, among the powers of the earth to which the laws of nature entitle them, the right to freedom of arbitrary busy work requires that they should state the reasons which impel them to the dissolution. We hold these truths to […]

DBQ’s – Questions and Answers Document 1 Why did Whately (and probably most other English officials) feel that the American colonists should be willing to pay higher taxes to Parliament? Whately felt that American Colonists should contribute to the preservation of the advantages they have received. Document 2 According to Dickinson, what taxes was Parliament justified in imposing on the colonies? According to Dickinson, Parliament […]

Perhaps there is no other man in our history who has stressed the importance of the Declaration of Independence to our society except the former US President Abraham Lincoln. In his Gettysburg Address of 1863 he explained, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are […]

The United States Declaration of Independence adopted in 1776 by the congress was a product of the European enlightenment as it drew it’s philosophical basis from European era of reason. This declaration focusing on individual rights and as well as the right to revolt, borrows deeply the Europe philosophers recommendations having studied in details institutions of governance and incorporation of scientific knowledge to aid mankind. […]

The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to bring forth reasons for America’s need to separate from Great Britain and to entice hesitant colonist to unite with them and no longer be ruled by Great Britain. They also wanted to protect our human rights by letting the people choose how their government functions. The ethos of the document is where the writers show that […]

According to the criminal justice department, in 2011 around 321 people were sentenced to death penalty, this being only in the state of Texas. Which brings up the question: Is the declaration of independence being respected in the US? Well… Not really! Have you ever seen MTV’s show 16 and pregnant? Well in some of the teen cases they have an abortion; and there are […]