Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when he was tasked to write the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress in 1776, rendering entire generations of Americans slackers by comparison ever since. Jefferson at 33 boldly captured the will of a people frustrated with their absentee king and declared the equality of all men to be a truth powerful enough to abolish an unjust system of government; the rest of us are mostly trying to figure out how to set up our ETrade accounts.
Murky —- water
Frostbitten —- fingers
Delicious —- fish
Measly —- ration packs
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1. Britain refused to stop seizing american ships that traded with france, which is britain’s enemy.
2. strongly agreed
3. it changed the course of american history because they had won the war against the biggest and strongest army at that time, it embedded a greater sense of nationalism
Compulsory enlistment into miltary armed forces
