Compare And Contrast The Declaration Of Colonial Rights And Grievances

Since the late 1760s colonists living in America had been struggling with Britains new restrictions placed on them. They tried to fix the relationship with Britain but it was to no avail. More than half of the colonies just wanted to break away and make their own government rather than continue to struggle with the mother country. The colonies couldn't do as they pleased because the couldn't get to a definite answer as to what people wanted. Some colonies apposed to the thought of splitting away from Britain because they would need to build a brand new government that would work well enough to protect them. After a lot of conflict they finally decided on July 4, 1776 to claim their freedom. The document that stated their freedom was the Declaration

The Declaration of Colonial Rights and Grievances was written to show why the Americans had begun to oppose of their King. One of their grievances was that they were not being entitled to life, liberty, and property when they had done nothing to ceded to any sovereign power at all. Their ancestors, who came from Britain, had all the rights, liberties, and immunities that they were given when they were born. They are wondering why they are given less and less rights when they were also people of Britain, all that was different was that they didn't live on the mother country. The document also stated “That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and the other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.” (Document E) To say this to the British rule with no fear whatsoever was a brave thing to do. This lead to people becoming bolder and more empowered than they were. When the revolutions first started to happen they barely did anything out of fear, but once it started to become more common to go against the British they spoke their mind. This was one of the many dramatic changes that America was bringing on their road to freedom. Even though America did have to fight for their

This didn't make Americans happy so they continued to oppose them. As most revolutions go, the oppressed people will go against the oppressors. Thomas Paine was one of the people who spoke without fear on parting away from Britain. In his pamphlet, that he wrote in 1776, he was telling the American people that they should seek independence rather than suffering with Britain rule. One great point he brings up is “I have heard it asserted by some, that as American hath flourished under her former connection with Great Britain…Nothing can be more fallacious than this kind of argument —- we may as well assert that because a child hath thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat…” (Document K). It's a very good analogy and brings awareness to the truth even more. In his pamphlet he also says that when war breaks out between England and any other country the American trade suffers because their only connection is Britain. The system that the Americans were currently living under is too fallible and could cause catastrophic damage to it. He argued that it was much more easier to just have a government of their own with its own natural right. Although, once America did gain their independence it was easier said than