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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 station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. When in the Course of human Events it becomes necessary for a People to advance from that Subordination, in which they have hitherto remained and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the equal and independent Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the Causes, which impell them to the Change. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America. FIRST DRAFTĪ Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America in general Congress assembled.Ī Declaration by the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in General Congress assembled. The text in the third column is from the engrossed copy of the Declaration of Independence. The text in the second column is approximately that reported by the committee to Congress, and is taken from Jefferson's rough draft. From a comparison of it with the facsimile of Jefferson's rough draft, it is evident that it represents the first phrasing of the paper. The text in the first column is from a copy in the handwriting of John Adams.
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