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The Declaration of Independence
In June of 1776 a man by the name of Thomas Jefferson drafted a
document to alleviate our great nation from the oppression of Great Britain.
At the age of 33 Jefferson was one of the youngest members of the Second
Continental Congress, but still he held a great responsibility, to break
the bonds between a small and weak group of 13 colonies from the largest
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.... which he listed in a set of
complaints to the King of England, even though Jefferson knew that the king
did not cause some of the problems the people were facing himself but were
caused by Parliament. However Jefferson knew that the common American
Citizen did not understand complex British politics. He did know that the
people understand grievances pointed at the king instead of an assembly
which they did not fully understand the powers held by these group. Also
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