LAD #3: Declaration of Independance

1) America was founded on democratic principles such as the fact that "all men are created equal" and that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were unalienable rights given to all Americans. The Declaration also states that the government is not run by one person, it is made by the people and for the people, and if the government starts doing bad things that the people don't agree with it, it is the right of the people to get rid of that government and institute a new government.

2) Another part of the Declaration of Independence were the grievances that the people wrote to the King. The King in England refused to agree to these laws, and since he ruled the whole country by himself, there was nobody to put him in his place. He taxed the colonies unfairly and gave the people no rights. The King would only work for the benefit of himself, instead of the benefit of all the people.

3) The colonial people were declaring themselves an independent nation from England, and although they had to fight and win the American Revolution to gain their independence, the Declaration of Independence was the beginning of the road to freedom. This was the announcement of the colonies that said that they were now independent from England, that they could form their own personal alliances and control themselves, instead of being controlled by the King.

I connect the Declaration of Independence to the impeachment of Bill Clinton (who was later acquitted), because one of the founding principles of democracy that the Declaration of Independence outlines is the right of the people to get rid of Presidents that they think are not doing a good job, or who are not working for the benefit of the American people. This is exactly what happened with Bill Clinton, and also Andrew Johnson.



Q: "What did teenagers do at parties in 1776?"
A: "They indepenDANCED"