Trial of The Declaration of Independence
             Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert R. Livingston for the Continental Congress
             Presented in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania State House
             Most 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.
             'Your Honor, We have seen in the court room evidence and testimony of the People of these Thirteen American Colonies. 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. These same learned men have defined a Government as, quote, "Servant and Defendant of the People."
             '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.
             'The esteemed Senators present here vow to have been sent home numerous times on the whim of this King. They
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