Trial by Declaration
Trial of The Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert R. Livingston for the Continental Congress Presented in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania State HouseMost authorities accept that the Declaration was first written by Jefferson with input from the other four members of the committee. Jefferson sent drafts to Adams and Franklin and presented the final form to Congress. The ideas they included were often taken--word for word--from prior documents including Richard Henry Lee's Motion to create free and independent States. This document is the sum of many brilliant men's thoughts on Philosophy, Government, and War. Most of all, it clearly presented the frustration all of the Continental Congress was feeling at the time, having been stumped by the King's childish maneuvers to control the colonies for his benefit and amusement.The following is the Closing Argument of the Prosecuting Attorney in the Court Of The Supreme Judge (God) against the Defense, His Majesty the King of Great Britain; a dramatization of America's struggle to prove the need for independent government.
All of this by order of this King, as were the false pardons for military wrongs up to and including murdering of civilians. 'And Before you, your honor, we have submitted copies of these petitions along with letters, notifications, bills and legislature all denied and all causing the undeserved wrath of the British Monarch. Honor, We have seen in the court room evidence and testimony of the People of these Thirteen American Colonies. His Majesty also refused to acknowledge and properly deal with. And when they asked their cousins to come to this country to help them plant and harvest, the Defendant would not let these relatives travel to America. First we presented for you Experts in Philosophy and Human Rights who clearly identified each person's rights to Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness. Any laws, changes or suggestions the Americans submitted. They tell of long journeys over hundreds of miles to make laws for the men around them only to be turned away because the King was in a poor mood. " 'Professor Barris, Doctorate of Law, testified that the Laws of His Majesty were unjust and did not benefit my Client, not to mention were created by men who did not represent my Client, the Americans. 'In order to defend themselves, my Clients have been forced to create their own militia and naval defense. 'Here we spoke to Misters Corn and Maize of the Farmers Association about the privacy and rights this King as violated. 'The Merchants and Trader's guilds documented in exhibits D through H their substantial losses because of the British King's thefts and excessive taxes. 'The esteemed Senators present here vow to have been sent home numerous times on the whim of this King. And then of longer journeys by sea to speak to the King on these issues, only to again return after being unwelcome and ignored.
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