In Congress, July 4, 1776, a unanimous declaration of the 13 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…”
Thomas Jefferson penned these words and the rest of the Declaration of Independence after two days of debate in the Continental Congress at Philadelphia, in response to the worsening injustices being forced on the Colonies by the British government. In it, Jefferson stated that all men are created equal and have God-given rights and that governments are ordained to protect these rights. If any such government attacks these rights, the people may remove it and institute a better system to protect liberty.
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