The Pros And Cons Of The Declaration Of Independence

When collision between American colonists and British soldiers began in April 1775, being under British rule the Americans fought for their rights. Later that following year the Revolutionary War was in way, and the movement to become independent increased dramatically. In 1776, a committee including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, who was most influenced and written by, to draft a document behalf of the American needs. The Congress then adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4 where America was finally independent from Britain. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the

Following the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress realized it was necessary to set up a government. The Articles of Confederation in 1781 served as the document that established the fundamentals of the national government in the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. Although, this document said nothing about slavery. It left the most powers including slavery, to the individual states. After their experience with the British, the colonists distrusted a strong central government. The new government consisted of a Congress in which each state had one vote. With little to no power to execute its laws or collect taxes, the new government proved ineffective. In May of 1787, delegates from 12 states came together, their goal being to revise the Articles of Confederation. Always constantly meeting, they changed their goal and decided that they would write a new Constitution, making three branches of government. An argument over the legislative branch arose. States with large populations wanted representation in both houses of the legislature to be based on population. States with small populations wanted each state to have the same number