traditions, they noticed how unfair the British king and Parliament were. After a long period of tension from the colonies and its parent country, the colonials rebelled and declared independence in 1776. The Declaration was written for one main purpose at the time that the colonies wanted to separate from Great Britain, and that was to declare independence from their mother country. But now many people have analyzed the Declaration and have shown many other important reasons of why it was written. The Declaration
supported the popular cry “No taxation without representation” to dispute the taxes that were placed upon them by English Parliament. Americans valued their own representative legislatures and believed it unfair that they had to subject themselves to a legislative body thousands of miles away by unfair taxes. The reaction against taxation was violent and the most powerful and articulate groups in the population rose against the taxation. As the First Continental Congress came to session for the first
Independence, the document created by Americans to receive independence from whom they believed was a tyrannical king (Riley). However, it is questionable whether the use of the word 'tyranny' in the Declaration of Independence is supported by the context to have the same definition as it does now or if it has evolved. Either way, tyranny became a fearful issue in history