Independence Declaration: Revolution that turned the world

Two hundred and forty -nine years ago 56 people met in House of Pennsylvania In Philadelphia, betrayal against the most powerful empire on earth.

Presenting 13 colonies of this empire, these people are a combination of land owners Christian teaching. These beliefs made them start a war that no one believed they could win.

Remember what the government looked like then. Now we live in the world, these 56 people have created – a world in which even a dictatorship, like North Korea, a cloak in the language of the “republic”.

Detailed painting by John Trumbul’s “Declaration of Independence”, which depicts a five -year committee to develop a declaration that presents its work. (“Declaration of Independence” – a detailed picture of John Trumbel)

But in 1776, freedom, equality and self -government were charged with concepts that supported the philosophers and accepted only incompletely in a few small enclaves. The vast majority of countries of the world were hereditary monarchs and empires, under which equal rights and human freedom were not provided. The founders’ struggle seemed unclear.

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Launching it, the second continental congress has largely instructed one person – Thomas Jefferson – compileing a document that would formulate their vision of humanity and a new country and a reshuffle of history.

Imagine how he probably felt. Jefferson squeezed himself from June 11 to June 28 in a leased street market to develop a document. At the time he was 33 years old. In the isolation in this rented townhum he made what, in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful passages in history:

We believe that these truths were obvious, that all people were created equal, that their creator is endowed with certain inherent rights, which is among them life, freedom and the pursuit of happiness.

The Second Continental Congress has greatly instructed one person – Thomas Jefferson – compileing a document that would formulate his vision of humanity and a new country and a rearrangement of history.

Read it again. Read it as if you lived under a Spanish colony in South America or under the iron fist in China. Read it as if you were a bad farmer -randa under the repressive driving of King George in Virginia or a enslaved person in Georgia (whose freedom under The principles of the declaration It was still decades).

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Read it as if you grew up in a system that suggests that you cost less than your neighbor due to your social station and in which your future has been limited by your birth.

The declaration was actually a “revolutionary” statement that formulated the ideological and actual basis for a coup against the empire. But spiritually it was more important than that.

It was Revolution against history. It was a revolution against the idea that some men (and women) cost more than others. It was a revolution for the idea of ​​dignity, human rights and equality before the law.

On July 9, 1776, American colonists overthrew the statues of King George III on bowling -green. (William Walkut (1819-1895). Painted in 1857)

And when Jefferson presented his document to Congress, and those 56 people signed it and sent him to King George and other world leaders, they ignored the war in America’s colonies, which would become a centuries -old war to turn the globe from tyranny to freedom.

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They received the war. Five signatories were captured, rolled and killed. Nine died of wounds or difficulties that fought in the war. Everyone suffered – broken by violence, their homes and property destroyed, their children were involved in the violence they created. They were starving. They lost the battles.

They probably wondered whether it was worth it – these ideals that made them immerse the nation into violence. And then, unexpectedly, they won.

In the creation of America, those Fathers are the founders Redurated the story. Now we live in a world in which almost half of the countries are democracy. The combination of political freedom, free markets and technological innovation, unleashed by these systems, freed billions of people from poverty – creating the world more than 100 times richer than the one that existed at the time of the independence declaration.

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The dominant ideology is now globally secret in the declaration. And the revolution in America became a revolution in human history.

This weekend in the US we Celebrate Independence Day. We note 56 men who risked everyone. But we also solemnly reflect on the accusation of the declaration and its authors.

All people are created equal. We are all endowed with our creators with inalienable rights. Each of us deserves the lives, freedoms and abilities to carry out our own unique ways to prosper. But those inherent rights are not guaranteed. As our predecessors, we are called to accept and fight for them.

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Abraham Lincoln once noted that great men were “Prague and burned for distinction” and they will have it “, whether at the expense of the release of slaves or the enslavement of free people.” And all over the world, powers that oppose freedom, dignity and opportunities are continuously fighting for the dominance of others.

May we, on this Independence Day, be reflected. Let us have audacity and conviction to confront the enemies of freedom and continue to fight for the promise of the Declaration and the Spiritual Fund of America. May we make it out of love – for our neighbors and for The blessing of the creator. And we can get courage on the example of these 56 men, hundreds of thousands of compatriots and unclean war they have won. Happy Independence Day.

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