However, King George III did not want to lose this valuable land, and so the colonies took to arms to defend their new country and rights in what is now known as the Revolutionary War. As the main draftsman of the Declaration, Jefferson wanted the document to feature three main truths: that all men are created equal, that all men have some rights given to them by God and that among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Livingston came together to draft a document that would not only sever the colonies’ ties with King George III, but also express the values of the new country. In June 1776, a committee that included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Over the next two years, the Colonies grew more and more angry at the British, until they decided they had had enough. In 1773, as an act of revolt against the British and their tax on tea in America, colonists threw crates of tea imported from Britain into the Boston harbor. In the years leading up to this landmark document, the British Parliament passed a number of Acts that unfairly taxed the American Colonies, without any representation. Print of the Declaration of Independence, 1976, from the National Archives, Records of the Department of State This document became known as the Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, representatives from the original 13 American Colonies came together to formally adopt a document that listed all their grievances against the British government and announce their independence from the crown.
The Declaration of Independence See the signatures that started a nation
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