The struggle for liberty and independence during the period of American Revolution laid the foundation for the creation of the new great nation giving the worldview and life principles that were based upon enlightened thinkers. In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote, “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
The period prior to revolutionary years, the Americans experienced unfair laws such as in taxations and exploitative agenda from the colonial government (Marsden, 67). An English man Thomas Paine, however, opposed abuses in the American Colonies by the English powers. In addition, the period after revolutionary wars, Americans philosophers created a new government based on republican and liberal ideologies (Mennell, 56). In this regard
of government than did the “ Declaration of Independence”. In this document the focus was mainly about the origin of American dream where there are opportunities for everyone under a limited government, where people are united and influenced by their surrounding environment. This is while the focus of “ Declaration of Independence” is mainly on the injustice that the British government has done. These two document perfectly show the timeline of America under European influence from when it started