Independence Day is one of the most important federal holidays in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence , which declared our independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. “What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in ‘self-evident truths’ and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country.” www.archives.gov In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson describes why the Declaration is necessary: " The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.” Declaration of Independence " He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, ...
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