Pros And Cons Of The Declaration Of Independence

Thomas Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence to explain what the British did to make the colonists want to be independent. The document has 27 complaints that explain why the colonists want to break free. The three arguments that I chose were, For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent. These 3 out of 27 arguments that Thomas Jefferson stated in the Declaration of Independence played a huge role in proving the United States their independence. Keeping armed soldiers in your house spying on you is an invasion of privacy and nobody wants that. The economy was dropping because the Quartering Act stated that each colonist

This was so the soldiers could spy on some of the people like the Sons of Liberty, Patriots, etc. because they held these secret meetings, sent letters, etc. The argument was, “For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us.” The second argument, “For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.” This meant that they suspended our Assembly and did not allow self-government anymore; they can legislate for us because they had the power to. This was just like in the Intolerable Acts, where it stated for the second act that, “Massachusetts town meetings banned w/out permission of royal gov.” Also, Georgia’s Assembly was abolished during the time period John Reynolds was as Georgia’s royal governor. This was unfair because just because the Georgia Assembly did not agree with you did not mean that you should abolish the Assembly. Many other places were robbed of their Assembly and it was unfair because the colonists did not get to participate in the legislature now. This led to the taxing without letting us know or