Declaration of Independence

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DECLARATION

of Independence

¿What is the Declaration of


Indepence?
Is the founding document of the
United States. It was important
because it gave freedom to many
colonits that fight the British
goverment.

The King Abuses Common Sense by


Thomas Paine
This phamphlet
were made by
Thomas Paine
and it pointed
out how the
In August 1775 King
George III declared colonits were
that the colonists were being mistreated
rebels (because od the by the king,
complaints) and hired many copies
foreign troops to fight
them. They make a were sold.
damage in Virginia.

The committee of five:


Thomas Jefferson wrote the
first draft. And few Changes
were suggested by: John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin,
Roger Sherman and Robert
R. Livingeston.

Conclusion
The opinions if the colonists mark a before and after, the
complaints were what caused King George III to decide to
attack and brand them as rebels, something that the colonists
clearly did not like, who decided to fight back. In the middle of
this time, a pamphlet made by Thomas Paine was released.
One of the 5 of the committee, people who edited the
document of the declaration of independence, signed on
August 2, 1776.

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