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Thomas Jefferson

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence  
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"Most bad government has grown out of too much government"

Most bad government has grown out of too much government.

Thomas Jefferson changed history in many ways but the most important thing that he did was that he wrote the Declaration of Independence for most Americans to have freedom rights.

The Declaration of Independence had some negative and positive affects in American history.

Pro's of the declacration of independance

  • Gave Americans freedom rights.
  • Separated the USA from Britain.
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Cons of the Declaration of independance

  • Family conflicts
  • Merchants had to find new markets
  • Did not protect all human rights

Citations

  • Wills, Garry. Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002. 
  • Pittman, R. Carter. "The Fifth Amendment: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."American Bar Association Journal (1956): 509-594. 
  • Derrida, Jacques. "Declarations of independence 1." New Political Science 7.1 (1986): 7-15.