Post by jamestes on Sept 26, 2013 2:15:24 GMT
The Declaration Of Independence is a foundation block in the creation of the United States of America. It is regarded as on of the greatest historical document in the world, however if it wasn't for the Boston Tea party it would of never have been created. What many of us don't realize is that after the night of march 5th, know more as The Boston Massacre, Britain did indeed feel sympathy for the Bostonians. This accident create a lot of social unrest and Britain was anxious to end that unrest. So anxious that they had removed many of the hated taxes on the Americans. If it wasn't for the radicals lead by Sam Adams many Bostonians would of continued to support Britain and their attempts to return the relationship between the colonies and Britain back to normal. However, because of the Boston Tea party, lead by those radicals, Britain's hopes to return to the norm, turned into anger and started focusing on punishing the Bostonians further. The British Taxed more then before to make up for the revenue lost by dumping the tea, and put a blockade on the Boston harbor to cause economic damage to the city.
This was the last straw and the founding fathers composed and signed the Declaration Of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." possibly the most famous line from the Declaration. But with in this line also shows the flaw in it. Jefferson says all men are created equal but black men were not included in this. The declaration fails to include all humans other then white men. Why? well this is because during the time of the revolution, and when the document was written, Black men were considered as property. Therefor they were not entitled to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately they were not the only ones excluded from the declarations rights. Women were not viewed as equals till 1913 when they received the right to vote, and even then they were still being discriminated. So yes the Declaration of Independence did fail to deliver its promises to all Americans in our eyes, but at they time it delivered all that it could to those who, back then, deserved it.