The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson in the year of 1776. It was signed on the date of July 4th, 1776. This document was written under great circumstances. The main reasons that this was written was because the men and women of the colonies were upset with King George the third. King George the third was trying to rob the colonist of their three greatest possessions in the New England. Life, Liberty, and the …showed first 75 words of 433 total…

…showed last 75 words of 433 total…statement meaning that every time that the colonies tried to put some kind of house of representatives together that King found out about, he would shut them down. He would not let the new colonies have their own government) 3. “He was endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations.