On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee proposed independence for the American Colonies to the Second Continental Congress. A mere twenty-four days later, Thomas Jefferson's formal statement of independence from England was adopted by the ... the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson used concepts of natural law, guaranteed freedoms, and self-determination to eloquently compile a list of reasons why the American Colonies were revolting from King George III and English rule. Upon hearing the concepts of these basic rights, colonists where frenzied to a put where revolution was the only choice. Th...

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