Declaration Of Independence Absolute Tyrant

“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 pursuit of Happiness” (U.S.). This quote, from the Declaration of Independence, is probably one of the most well-known quote there is. It speaks of man’s right to be free and equal of any one man out there. As we have all learned in our history class back in junior high, the Declaration of Independence was written mainly by Thomas Jefferson to explain why the colonies wanted independence from Great Britain. This document is a list of complaints by the English colonists’ against King George III. It was statement made to the public to “prove” the why and how the king of England was a cruel tyrant.

A perfect example of absolute tyranny would be the Nazis. Their cruel and oppressive behavior towards the Jews and those who didn’t fit into their mold of the “perfect human” ended up as a mass genocide that cost the lives of millions. According to the famous document, the English colonists’ wrote a set of “Facts” (266) to be submitted to the world, showing the human race the repeated offenses the English government had shown to the colonists’. King George III and Parliament made life exceedingly trying for them. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson wrote numerous ways to government had usurped their rights as citizens. So, as it is written in the Declaration of Independence, “let Facts be submitted…”