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OK, this is my English assignment for the quite obvious title subject. Enjoy-if you dare...

The Declaration of Independence is most definitely the defining document of the colonial period. Its author, Thomas Jefferson, was able to capture the necessity for an America free of imperial ideas and influence. As can be seen, the events leading up to the writing of the Declaration of Independence are an explicit symbol as to why this document was a must and how it has deeply shaped today’s society.
There are three main things that resulted in the Declaration of Independence. For one thing, it served its legal obligations. If any country wants its independence, there must be a record to its installment. Without the Declaration, our claim as an independent country would have been futile and quite foolish. Another reason why the Declaration was written was because those that supported it fought hard enough so that it could be a reality. Not everyone in Congress at the time was comfortable with the radical idea of becoming an independent nation; those that had a bond with England argued that they owed it to their motherland to stay faithful. However, those who saw independence as a necessary step towards peace among the colonies-John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, among others-saw that the way that the English government dealt with them was unjust and was causing more turmoil instead of keeping order. This brings me directly to my third point. It was quite obvious via the violent acts that British law was supporting that the colonists were fed up with the chaos of their time. Jefferson was able to point out each and every offense that the British were behind. Included among those are unfair taxation and the Boston Massacre.
Although the effects of the Declaration are far-reaching, I can only focus on the most important. One effect that the Declaration has had on modern America is manifested in yet another document-the United States Constitution. Many of the ideas of liberty, equality, and rights are clearly fused within its clauses. One only has to look at the First Amendment, the right to free speech, for proof of that. In addition, modern American society as a whole is based on an independent spirit in respects to its values. I can almost say that every generation that I can think of since that time has been urged to find their own identity and to fight for their rights and equality. The Civil Rights movement is a prime example of these values being fought for. Lastly, we still in modern America look up to the Declaration of Independence. Quoting from the history textbook America: Past and Present: “Of all the documents written in this period…the Declaration [of Independence] remains the most powerful and radical invitation to Americans…to demand their equality and full rights as human beings.”
Although the future may come to see other ground-breaking affirmations put on paper that may surpass the Declaration of Independence, one will easily see that they were born from it.