Declaration Of Independence Research Paper

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On the day of July 4, 1776, the signing of the Declaration of Independence was ratified to the British by the 56 delegates to the Continental Congress. The signing was issued because King George the third was “abusing” the American Colonists by taking away the colonist’s charters, abolishing laws, and altering the fundamentals of our government. For example, on December 16, 1773, The British government raised the tax on tea in America so they could initially pay for their war debts. That was including well over a few taxes because of their debt from the french and indian war.. Another example is in 1765 the Parliament passed the Quartering Act that said the colonists had to pay for the british soldiers to stay in the colonies. There was