... became very violent and I didn't really want to go home. America published the Declaration of rights and Grievances denying that parliament had the right to tax the colonies. I fought for this and persuaded many people to come along with me for the fight. I stood up in the court for four hours why they asked me questions and basically told them if they contuniue to issue taxes that hey ... really busy Can you tell me more about the declaration of independence? It was a committee of me Jefferson adams roger Sherman and Robert Livingstion to draft the declaration of independence. Jefferso...

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... independence, then in July was made part of the Continental Congress and thus became a signer of the Declaration of Independence (Malone, 228).   About a year later in 1777, the Continental Congress voted Benjamin Rush to be Surgeon General of the middle department of the Continental Army. While a   surgeon in the army, Benjamin Rush was in constant attendance of the wounded at the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and during the ... sickness at Valley Forge. Through all this, he still found time to write long public letters speaking out against the Articles of Con...

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