![]() ![]() ![]() Thomas Jefferson chosen to write Declaration The Declaration’s indictments against King George III show a vigorous exercise of freedom of speech and press further, by using the document to express frustration with rebuffs received to previous petitions to the king, the founders paved the way for later recognition of the right of petition, which is contained within the First Amendment. Declaration paved way for First Amendment rights Today the Declaration stands as the best-known document of the American founding, describing not only the U.S. The Declaration of Independence, formally adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announced the United States’ independence from Britain and enumerated to “a candid World” the reasons necessitating this separation. (Image depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress by John Trumbull via Wikimedia Commons, painted 1819, public domain) ![]()
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