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The important issues of the United States of America all depended mostly on the Declaration of Independence. Without this paper signed and finalized, there probably wouldn't be a United States of America the way we see it to be now
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Introduction
The Declaration of Independence The important issues of the United States of America all depended mostly on the Declaration of Independence. Without this paper signed and finalized, there probably wouldn't be a United States of America the way we see it to be now. The Declaration of Independence was the most significant event in the shaping of American society before 1800's without of a doubt. The Declaration of Independence was if not the then one of the most important things to be done in its time. The United States of America had been growing as a nation very slowly back in around the 1600's to the 1800's and the number of people had been expanding over the state of Florida and northern where there were New York. ...read more.
Middle
By the spring of 1776 a series of astonishing events-the Boston Tea Party, the closing of Boston Harbor, the hostilities at Lexington and Concord, the Gunpowder Incident in Williamsburg, and the Battle of Bunker Hill-had transformed the political landscape. George III proclaimed the colonies to be in open rebellion, and Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, published in January 1776, attacked monarchical government and called upon the American colonies to declare themselves free and independent. American's had another battle and fought and won in Virginia, and the port city of Norfolk had been fired on by the British fleet with nine hundred houses destroyed by the fires started by the cannonballs by the American's. ...read more.
Conclusion
The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, after weeks of drafting, editing, and debate. Congress then ordered that it should be printed on broadsides-single-sided sheets-and distributed throughout the nation. The finalization of the Declaration of Independence was complete and it now just need to be spread all around the nation of the United States of America so that every American now knows what the rights of they now have and what rights they don't. In conclusion the Declaration of Independence was probably the most important and significant even and thing that had happened in the 1700's because of the Declaration Of Independence, the American's now are able to have there nation and have had it for over 200 years and be one of the most powerful nations in the world today. ...read more.
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