Of all his writings, Thomas Jefferson's most famous and far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was widely debated -- both the ...

and Thomas Jefferson to compose a declaration to frame Lee's resolution. Which, in good lawyerly form, would itemize the reasons why the independence of the 13 British North American colonies and ...

Over the course of many months, the Founding Fathers would work on the Declaration of Independence until it was officially ...

Thomas Jefferson embodies within his own life the most profound contradictions of American history: as the author of ...

Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Some of them went on to become president (like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson). Others have museums, monuments, and even beers named ...

Organizers said commemorations will look to strike the balance between celebrating the nation’s founding ideals while ...

Fleming’s book is largely focused on an event from that second category, the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. But it also examines the famous Thomas Jefferson-penned Declaration of ...

Trump’s plan is nothing less than a second Declaration of Independence for ... the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants, as Thomas Jefferson did. I think we can accomplish a peaceful ...

The Age of Experiments/The Pursuit of Happiness” Friday, February 7 at 9:00 pm In part two: Jefferson was responsible... Read More ...

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands ...

The Declaration of Independence ... with the privilege to rule over other people without their consent. 2 Thomas Jefferson said that “the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on ...