Posts Tagged ‘The Declaration of Independence’
RODGER SHERMAN, Revolutionary and Dedicated Public Servant
Roger Sherman is the only person to have signed all four of the most significant documents in our nation’s early history: the Continental Association from the first Continental Congress, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. He began life as a surveyor and a cordwainer (someone who makes shoes…
Read MoreTHOMAS JEFFERSON
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia to Jane and Peter Jefferson. His father was a Virginia planter, surveyor, and slave owner. At age fourteen, Jefferson’s father died, and Thomas inherited some thirty enslaved individuals. Jefferson fully embraced the lifestyle of an affluent member of the planter class, and over…
Read More27 Indictments of King George III Applied to World Leaders Today
This is a listing of the 27 indictments of King George III from the third section of The Declaration of Independence, In Congress, July 4, 1776. Find the complete verbiage in the Declaration of Independence, page 189– 193 of: How to Save the Constitution; Restoring the Principles of Liberty, by Paul B. & W. Cleon…
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