Declaration of Independance

The King of England, Charles III, put taxes on tea, made soldiers live in colonists' homes. Soon they got mad and decided to write the Declaration of Independance. They chose Thomas Jefferson to write it and Benjamin Franklin advised him. Thomas Jefferson wrote that all men are created equal and that we have rights given by God. Our rights are life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness. He told the King that the rights were given by God and the King could not take them away. When he wrote this he was a little scared about what might happen to him and his family. He was scared because it was treason. If you committed treason you would be hanged. The other people who signed it were brave and scared at the same time. All of their homes were destroyed, some of their families were taken, some of them were captured. One man had thirteen children who were taken away and his wife died. He never saw his kids again.

The Declaration of Independance told the King they were not part of Britain anymore.