Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights, And The Declaration of Sediments

The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments in the Constitution
1. It gave the colonists confidence in their new government
2. It contains the basic freedoms of today's Americans.
  1. Freedom of Speech, Religion, and Press
  2. The RIght to Bear Arms
  3. The Right to Choose if You Would Like To House Soldiers
  4. Protection from Unreasonable Search and Seizures
  5. The Protection of Rights to Life, Liberty, and Prosperity
  6. Excessive Bails, Fines, and Punishments Forbidden
  7. Rights In Civil Cases
  8. The Rights of The Accused Person in A Criminal Case
  9. Other Rights Kept By People
  10. Undelegated Powers Kept by the States and the People
3. It was written by James Madison
4. 12 rights were approved and sent off for ratification on September 25, 1789
5. The official Bill of Rights were ratified on December 15, 1791
The Declaration of Independence was a long list of grievances written to the king of England to justify the seperation
1. It states the principles on which our government and our identity as Americans are based
2. It is not legally binding, but it is a strong representation of how the colonists put aside their differences to unite and part from the kings rule.
  1. The reason for declaring independence from England was to ensure that the colonies could make their own laws and control themselves.
3. Independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776
4. Congress approved the final copy of the document on July 4, 1776
5. The document was formally signed on August 2, 1776
6. Grievances about the king
  1. He continuously vetoed laws that the colonies attempted to put in place that they believed were needed.
  2. Certain kinds of laws passed by the Colonial assemblies were required to be submitted to the king for approval
  3. Equal Representation
  4. Shenanigans were created by the Colonial Governors that were effectively interfering with the public business and prevented them from access to information necessary to conduct it.
  5. If a Colonial Assembly did or issued something the king did not like (such as charges against him), he ordered the body dissolved and refused to acquiesce to charges or demands.
  6. After dissolving their governments, he refused to allow new ones to be elected
  7. The king refused Assent to Laws regarding immigration.
  8. The king would not allow courts of justice to be established
  9. Judges served, and were paid, at the discretion of the king
  10. The king created several new government officials
  11. Without the consent of the Colonists, the king sent armies to keep order in the colonies, even though there was no war.
  12. Soldiers were not subject to civil laws. The military could make up and try their own laws.
  13. The colonies tentatively accepted the king as their Chief Executive, but they did not recognize parliament or any authority of parliament to legislate over the colonies. In violation of this, the king had assented to multiple laws created by parliament which affected the Colonists
  14. parliament declared the colonies out of the king’s protection
  15. The king had essentially declared war on the colonists by burning towns.
  16. The king had hired foreign troops to come in and fight against the colonists
  17. The king provoked the indians to attack the colonists
  18. Colonists were forced to serve in the military and to fight against their own people
Many of the grievances in Stanton's document sought to address or redress the condition of women on economic, social, and political grounds.
1. one of the opening grievances sought to change the relationship that existed between men and women, one that was predicated upon "tyranny."
2. The "elective franchise" was also one of the grievances, helping to bring to light that the right to vote was something denied to women in America, the young nation dedicated to democratic self- rule.
3. Radical for its time, the document addressed the disparity in "wage" between men and women, something that is still present today.
4. At the same time, the document wanted to change the position of women in clerical institutions, where "He [patriarchal authority] allows her in church, as well as state, but a subordinate position, claiming apostolic authority for her exclusion from the ministry, and, with some exceptions, from any public participation in the affairs of the church."
5. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was drafted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
6. The convention that followed was groundbreaking. More than 300 women and men from abolitionist, Quaker and reform circles attended the two-day Seneca Falls Convention, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton read a document that set out the group’s agenda. It was directly based on the Declaration of Independence—a convenient format and a bold statement on the equality of women.
7. Women drafted the Declaration, but they weren’t the only one to argue on its merits and eventually sign it. The final copy was signed by 68 women and 32 men, many of whom were the husbands or family members of women present.
8. Since 1950, the percentage of women participating in the labor force has nearly doubled, from about 34 percent of women holding jobs outside the home then, to about 60 percent now. Greater economic opportunities for women have meant that they have more options and choices in life than they had before.

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