Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence, written by the representatives of each of the 13 British colonies that existed, and signed by president John Hancock on July 4th 1776, is a document that has been published to insist on the colonies' human rights by showing that the British empire had caused their suffering by not treating them respectfully and with enough decency and so forced them to declare their independence.

To justify their request they refer to the certain unalienable rights they were given by God and to their right to live in happiness and liberty without any abuses and usurpations. By explaining their situation under absolute despotism they give reasons to throw off a government like the one they had to save their future security. They blame the king of Great Britain to be responsible for all their affliction and injuries and therefore try to find a solution by abolishing such form of government. For proving the king's character and reign as the one of an absolute tyranny they list a lot of reasons to legitimate their demand for independence and to describe him as absolutely incapable of treating them as human beings.

Entitled by God to have the right and duty to alter or abolish a destructive government, they appeal to justice and declare themselves to be free and independent states. Furthermore they annul every allegiance or political connection to the British Crown as it is necessary to become totally independent and to end up in receiving the same decent respect that everyone else is legitimated to have because all men (mankind) is created equal.