why some people were left out of the declaration of independence of usa?
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Well, if I'm getting your jist correctly, one of the people left out of the signing was George Washington. he didn't sign because he wasn't sure if he wanted to give the American people the idea that he wanted get into Foriegn affairs...or something to that effect. I'm sure someone else can explain it better.
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PLEASE RESOLVE, NOT REMOVE...\n\nThe Declaration of Independence was "signed" by many of America's "founding fathers" starting on July 4, 1776.  \n\nAt the time, the US was not a country yet - this document demanded and declared its independence from England.  I don't think it was 'formally' adopted by the country but it set the US on the road to BEING a country and the beginning of the Revolutionary War.\n\nHere's a timeline:\nJune 7 Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, receives Richard Henry Lee's resolution urging Congress to declare independence. \nJune 11 Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston appointed to a committee to draft a declaration of independence. American army retreats to Lake Champlain from Canada. \nJune 12-27 Jefferson, at the request of the committee, drafts a declaration, of which only a fragment exists. Jefferson's clean, or "fair" copy, the "original Rough draught," is reviewed by the committee. Both documents are in the manuscript collections of the Library of Congress. \nJune 28 A fair copy of the committee draft of the Declaration of Independence is read in Congress. \nJuly 1-4 Congress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence. \nJuly 2 Congress declares independence as the British fleet and army arrive at New York. \nJuly 4 Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in the morning of a bright, sunny, but cool Philadelphia day. John Dunlap prints the Declaration of Independence. These prints are now called "Dunlap Broadsides." Twenty-four copies are known to exist, two of which are in the Library of Congress. One of these was Washington's personal copy. \nJuly 5 John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, dispatches the first of Dunlap's broadsides of the Declaration of Independence to the legislatures of New Jersey and Delaware. \nJuly 6 Pennsylvania Evening Post of July 6 prints the first newspaper rendition of the Declaration of Independence. \nJuly 8 The first public reading of the Declaration is in Philadelphia. \nJuly 9 Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York \nJuly 19 Congress orders the Declaration of Independence engrossed (officially inscribed) and signed by members. \nAugust 2 Delegates begin to sign engrossed copy of the Declaration of Independence. A large British reinforcement arrives at New York after being repelled at Charleston, S.C. \n1777 \nJanuary 18 Congress, now sitting in Baltimore, Maryland, orders that signed copies of the Declaration of Independence printed by Mary Katherine Goddard of Baltimore be sent to the states.
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It was important because it was one of the factors that led to the American Revolution. The American delegates at Pennsylvania came up with the Dec. of Independence to show how they had suffered under British rule, and how they planned to use freedom.\n\nThe Dec. of Indpendence was kind of a guiding light to the soldiers and other citizens of US. It always had colonists thinking of what lie ahead - freedom.
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the southern Representatives felt that the north Representatives were interfering with the southern rights. in the constitution there was a rule saying, if necessary, the American people have an obligation to their country to overthrow the government if it becomes corrupt (betcha that's the first law to go if the gov does become corrupt).  instead of a coup, the southerners said "screw you guys, we quit" and the northerners said "you cant quit" and then the rest was history.
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If you're going to include congresses before the signing of the Constitution, then whether or not to declare independence was the first big controversy. Otherwise, one of the first debates in the Congress of the United States was what to call the President (His Higness, His Excellency, Mr. President, etc.)
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America was founded on freedom.  Our forefathers didn't want the government imposing anything on its citizens.  In modern times, religious references in a public, governmental setting walks a fine line.
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None in reality.!!\n\nWhy! Black Gold!!\n\n\n"We hold dear what our Declaration of Independence says, that all have got uninalienable rights, endowed by a Creator."\nSource: The New York Times, "Reporter's Notebook; Skipping Borders, Tripping Diction," David E. Sanger, May 28, 2002 \n\n\nI told you he never read it!
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America failed to cover for the Bay of Pigs thanks to JFK. There might have been a few CIA people but most of the people that died were Cubans.
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Because either A. they are not saved and are so lost or B. they are not from America..the one's who are seem to be hypocrites..i see your point here 100%
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There were issues regarding the Brittish Crown's decision to have the Colonies of America pay for the French & Indian War.  This led to an outcry of "Taxation without Representation," the notion that Americans were being taxed by the Brittish Parlaiment without the American's voices being officially heard during the consideration.  \nAs a result, many started toying with the idea of independent rule.  This led to many other events and eventually the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution.  David McCullough's 1776 is a great book to use as a guide.
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That was the norm back then. They had to compromise on the slave situation or the Constitution would never have been ratified by all the states.  But the people who wrote the constitution provided a legal framework and a form of government that allowed for progress and the eventual provision of rights to blacks and women. That is what makes us a great nation now.
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First of all the term "separation of church and state" is not found in the Constitution. It is implied due to the fact that the original settlers here were fleeing religious persecution in their home countries. That "separation" was to protect the rights of ALL people regardless of their religious background. There is no mention that the church cannot enter the government, the protection was to keep the government out of the church. The signers of the Declaration of Independence and the writers of the Constitution were all religious (Christian) men. Charles Carrol of Carrolington was the only Catholic, the rest were of other denominations, Anglicans, Calvinists, Quakers ect. It is in this century after World War II, that the move to remove any mention of God from public buildings, currency, schools has had full sway. As a result there are no longer any absolutes. You swear on no Bible in court, Schools have become battlegrounds and there is no respect or reverence of God to be found outside the private home or church. If you read thye writings of these men you will realize the changes that have been made to their original work have strayed drasticly from the original intent. They would be ashamed.
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it is actually a wrong date.....\nthe Continental Congress voted for the Declaration of Independence on the second of July in 1776. No one signed it until August 2, and the last signatures didn't come until the end of November. \nJohn Adams even has a famous quote saying:\nHe wrote in a letter to his wife, Abigail, on July 3, 1776, that "the second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America."
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I can't believe how ignorant my fellow Americans are about American history.  Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.  JAMES MADISON wrote the first draft of the US Constitution
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I guess you mean who signed the us constitution?\nThe answer is delegates who went to a constitutional\nconvention in Philadelphia from all over the country. You can find their names, if you type into the computer archives.gov    There were a lot of them.
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Because our country is currently run by Republicans, who historically could care less about the plight of the poor and helpless.  The mindset is: "If I can be wealthy without government handouts, then everyone else can too."  They can't see that the American dream does NOT exist for a lot of people, especially minorities, and that some people have many more obstacles than White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.  It's really sad.  Hopefully we can get some Democrats in office who can help provide good legislation to help the poor and suffering.
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The colonies should have had members of Parliament, even Ireland had members of Parliament. :-)  The King, GeorgeIII, was a verifiable nutcase imported from Orange, a German state. There was a wave of political awareness in the period that made the idea of having no representation even more important.\nYes, they should have rebelled against the policies. Still, the war was the result of a failure on two sides...a failure of pro-British colonists to promote their opinions (revolutionists were a minority), and a failure of British politicians to react correctly to the protests against taxation.\nMost wars are the result of stupidity, our revolution was no exception.