Thomas Jefferson - WRITING the DECLARATION

This photo - Jean Leon Jerome Ferris (1863 - 1930) postcard from painting oil painting - depicts Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson looking at the editing and editing Jefferson Draft. Declaration of independence. Online, according to the Congressional library favor

How long did he spend on his project when Jefferson made a document to become an American belief? Where did you find words to pursue happiness?

He thinks that the government 's words (Algernon Sidney) - the opposite of the king' s "natural forces" - may be "the most basic book of government principles". (Look at Jefferson 's letter to Mason Weems on December 13, 1804.

And ... he praises the philosophy of Scotsman Lord Kames, whose moral essay is personally one of several books Jefferson annotated.

Widely read, Jefferson absorbed the concept of these writers and combined what he thought useful for his own thoughts. Apart from the episodes that survived, the declaration of all his drafts lost time.

But ... why does Jefferson mix and match phrases from different thinkers, use some words and eliminate other words? Jefferson explained what he wants to achieve with his letter to Henry Lee on May 8, 1825, 14 months before his death.

Rather than first discovering new principles and new arguments not only words that have never been said before, we put people's common sense in front of humans, and in such a dull and firm way, I express my consent. To protect ourselves from an independent position, we are obliged to take

It is not specific to principles and emotions, it is not a specific sentence or a copy from a previous sentence, it is intended to express Americans' ideas and give appropriate expression and condition to such expressions.

All authority at the time was in the conversation, in the letter, in the printed paper, or in any basic book on public rights such as Aristotle, Cicero, Rock, Western, then the harmony of the time It took off the mood. Tennis

In a country governed by the king, he declared that the government is legal only if the consent of the jurisdiction is obtained.

In a colony that has not been established yet, he insists that the purpose of the government is to protect the people's natural rights.

When the American colonies broke out from the UK, the Continental Congress asked Thomas Jefferson to write an independent declaration. In the declaration, Jefferson expressed America 's dissatisfaction and explained why the settlers had to leave. His words insist that the ideals of freedom and equality in the United States are still resonating all over the world. But when writing these words, over 500,000 black Americans were slaves. Jefferson himself has more than 100 slaves. Slaves account for about one-fifth of the American colonial population. Most of them live in the southern colonies, and slaves account for 40% of the population.

"In 1776, Jean Leon Jerome Ferris wrote the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin was appointed as the preparatory committee of the Declaration of Independence.The Congress had Jefferson's most luxurious remarks I deleted the accusation. "(Virginia Historical Society) In this regard, I would like to recall that at the opportunity of the 238th anniversary, this may be the core of the document. How the French Revolution known as "human rights" and people respecting "opinion of people" protect these rights and why:

Thomas Jefferson is to be regarded as a hero of many people as he insists and is kind. Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence to make the United States independent of Britain. This will be one of the most important documents in American history, and Thomas understands this. According to Biography.com, "In the next 17 days, Jefferson drafted one of the most beautiful and mighty wills for freedom and equality in world history" (edited by Biography.com). This sentence shows that Thomas Jefferson has been working on writing, editing, and modifying "declarations" for many years. Jefferson worked very hard on many drafts to make the "declaration" as good as possible. In addition, Thomas returned to Virginia during the war to gain religious freedom for all of Virginia. People can guarantee freedom of religion for all people in Virginia. "(Giblin 20)