“ When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence is one of America’s most important founding documents. In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson lists various reasons why Independence is necessary, just a few are listed below: · "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” archives.gov. · "He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.” archives.gov. · ...