By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
He put into place a dictatorship
“Schenck believed that war helps the rich while sacrificing the poor men who are forced to fight, and he contended that the draft violated the U.S. Constitution.”
