Founding documents of the US

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Discussion4

Declaration of Independence4

The Constitution and role ethics5

Conclusion6

References8

Abstract

Thomas Jefferson, in 1776, created the statement called declaration of independence, in which he pointed out that king George 111 of Britain has established a tyranny and identified his actions as a justification for American independence from British rule. The US constitution was crafted to avoid the occurrence of similar abuses in the newly established United States. There were different role ethics in the development of founding documents.

Introduction

The Declaration of Independence, created in the year 1776, is the most significant reflection of the ideals of democracy in the US. It is the expression of the founding principles of US and a reminder of the country's commitment to provide equal rights to the citizens.

The Declaration of Independence is a result of the Revolutionary War. The Second Continental Congress, or the legislature of the thirteen American colonies, voted for independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776. Then they appointed a committee comprising of five members; Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert R. Livingston to outline a statement of independence to en power public opinion at home and abroad. Jefferson had strong writing skills, so he was asked to create the document. Jefferson drafted out the document, but The Congress disapproved of some of Jefferson's original draft, especially his condemnation of the slave trade. Delegates from South Carolina and Georgia were hesitant to grant inalienable rights to African Americans.

Discussion

Declaration of Independence

Most of the declaration addresses diplomatic purposes and consists of a list of 30 traditional and legitimate grievances against the actions of the British king George III under the British constitutional law. In the declaration, Jefferson strongly proclaimed that British actions had created tyranny over the states. According to Jefferson in the declaration, these Britain's actions despotism, included putting taxation on American but not giving them representation in the Parliament; barring the right to trial by jury, imposing standing armies on American communities, cutting off trade of these states with the rest of the world, empowering military above the civilians; and interfering with the operations of colonial legislatures. The Declaration ends with the conclusive resolution that these colonies are, have the right to be free and independent states, they are released from all adherence to the British Crown, and that all political links between them and the Great Britain should to be ended. ...