The United States of America's Declaration of Independence is a document that was written by Thomas Jefferson. This document describes to England, that the American colonies no longer wish to maintain themselves under British laws and rules. They wish to be a nation on their own. The colonists were tired and fed up of living under British rule. The taxes were becoming unbearable and seen as unfair for them to pay. The Stamp Act and Townshend Acts were a few acts that required increased revenue from the colonists to aid England. These acts directly affected the colonists financially but did not aid them other than taking their money away. As anyone can imagine this would anger you and lead you down the road of freedom. The Stamp Act was an act that taxed any document that was printed. Without the stamp on the document, the document was not to be accepted as it had not had its dues paid. This money collected as state earlier directly support England. Similar to the Stamp Act; the Townshend Acts named after Charles Townshend directly put money into England's pockets. This once again upset the colonists. The taxes or duties were enforced and payable at …show more content…
The colonists believe that ever since the French and Indian war, their rights as being an English citizen have become less and less of that of an British citizen in England. The colonists believed they too were entitled to the writes of British citizens as they were under British law and power. But, it was not seen that way. It was also stated that the King, that being King George III was not above the law and still had to obey parliament. Jefferson stated that the King was a tyrant. By keeping a tyrannical military presence in the colonies at all times. He keeps them standing in the colonies during a time of peace. He also enforces, like stated earlier, taxes directly supporting the armies in the