RETHINKING: Independence Day

Dear Friends:

During the last few decades, we lived strong experiences related to the evolution of the technology and the war on terror.

Both issues changed dramatically the framework of the world. However, the essential of the human life remains the same.

The fight for the freedom and the civil rights are the same of previous centuries. And these were the reasons of the birth of the United States of America.

As PBS explains “"Taxation without representation!" was the battle cry in America’s 13 Colonies, which were forced to pay taxes to England's King George III despite having no representation in the British Parliament. As dissatisfaction grew, British troops were sent in to quell the early movement toward rebellion. Repeated attempts by the Colonists to resolve the crisis without military conflict proved fruitless.

On June 11, 1776, the Colonies' Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and formed a committee whose express purpose was drafting a document that would formally sever their ties with Great Britain. The committee included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. Jefferson, who was considered the strongest and most eloquent writer, crafted the original draft document (as seen above). A total of 86 changes were made to his draft and the Continental Congress officially adopted the final version on July 4, 1776.” (http://www.pbs.org/a-capitol-fourth/history/history-independence-day/)

Here, two important paragraphs of the Declaration of American Independence that we never have to forget:

“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 of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…”

Since 1776 till now, the United States of America remains as one of the most important bastions of freedom of the world, and center of excellence in innovation and initiative.

Happy Independence Day!

Domingo Trassens

WORLD RETHINK

Rethinking the world with you

http://world-rethink.blogspot.com/

SOURCES:

1) The Citizen’s Almanac – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

2) Several books and web pages about United States of America.

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