The Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress charged Thomas Jefferson with the responsibility of writing a declaration of independence that would be sent to Great Britain.
Thomas Jefferson was a highly educated Virginian, who was known for his ability to write with both clarity and eloquence. On July 4 th, 1776 this declaration was officially adopted by the Continental Congress, and a new nation was born.
The Declaration of Independence stated the belief that a government had a responsibility to the people it governed, and that if they abused their responsibilities, that the people who were ruled had the right to rebel. The declaration then went on to detail many of the abuses that the colonies had endured at the hands of the British Government, and finally to declare that the colonies were now separate sovereign states.
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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, " Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Utah was originally established as the State of Deseret.
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