Constitution

Drafting of the Constitution “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…”. This is the beginning of the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. This document was unanimously passed by the thirteen colonies as a first attempt to free themselves of a repressive, exploitative government. This was the first widely accepted, …showed first 75 words of 1794 total…

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