The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence was made for the colonists to gain freedom from Great Britain. Britain, throughout the journey of establishing the colonies made it very hard for them to grow and make their own decisions and that completely changed when this document was made. It took years for the Declaration to be written up and when it did get written, it only took a few weeks to finish.

The Declaration of Independence is organized in parts. There’s The Preamble, The Body, and The Conclusion. They all contain certain information about the document. The first part of the Declaration (The Preamble) explains what the document is trying to get across. It’s kind of like an introduction that’s in books. The Body of the Declaration explains what problems they have with the King of Britain. Now notice how they don’t mention Parliament even though Parliament had a big impact in a lot of their problems. The last part of the document doesn’t contain any information about the Declaration though. It contains all of the signatures of the delegates that helped create the Declaration of Independence. Some are very famous like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, etc. There were a lot of people that signed this document but some are not as famous as others but they still had an impact on history.

You’re familiar with the famous holiday the 4^th of July. That was actually not the official date that the Declaration was officially passed. It was passed by the Continental Congress on July 2^nd 1776. So I guess you can say it should be the 2^nd of July for that holiday if you get technical. On July 4^th is when they made the document public. But to this day the 4^th of July is a day for remembrance of the colonies getting their independence. Hence, it also being known as Independence Day.

There were a lot of founding fathers that had a big impact on the Declaration of Independence. Like Thomas Jefferson, who actually wrote the original draft of the document. There was a committee that helped write the Declaration and John Adams was a part of that group. So there are many reasons why all of these famous men wrote their signature on the bottom of the document because they all had a great impact on what the Declaration was going to be about to make it something that was very useful to the colonists.

Benjamin Franklin is one of the founding fathers that everybody knows and is very famous in a lot of different areas because he did so much. He was a scientist, inventor, politician, printer, author, and so much more that he probably had no free time because he was so busy doing all of these jobs. Benjamin is actually one of the founding fathers that did not become a president. Even though he was not president, he still became successful in many areas of his life and had a great impact on history to this day.

Thomas Jefferson was another man that was not just a politician. Even though he didn’t do as much jobs as Benjamin Franklin, he still had a lot to do. He taught himself Architecture only because he wanted to design his own home. Jefferson also practiced Law. So a lot of people look at the founding fathers (and other politicians) as JUST politicians. But that is definitely not the case with many of these men. They couldn’t just jump into being a president right away. Just like now you can’t just jump onto the ballot and get voted as President of the United States. Just like everybody else in this world they had to work their way up to success.

But, many of these people had a very good reason to sign that document and without them, the Declaration of Independence would have never been made and that would have changed history, and present day completely.