The Declaration of Independence was written largely by Jefferson, who had displayed talent as a political philosopher and polemicist in his A Summary View of the Rights of British America, published in 1774. At the request of his fellow committee members he wrote the first draft. The members of the committee made a number of merely semantic changes, and they also expanded somewhat the list of charges against the king. The Congress made more substantial changes, deleting a condemnation of the British people, a reference to “Scotch & foreign mercenaries” (there were Scots in the Congress), and a denunciation of the African slave trade (this being offensive to some Southern and New England delegates).
I found that using primary sources was one way to present students with ... Creator: Will your students be able to find out who created the primary source? How much information can they find out about the creator's beliefs or other works? Your own point of view: Consider your own beliefs about a historical
I want to say the Boston Tea Party. He and the Sons of Liberty were the ones who organized it and that in itself was a protest against the various Acts that were being imposed on the colonies
