Who wants to join. I’m trying to think of names.
Student: “False. It was written in ink.”
I've heard that George III never read the Declaration of Independence, but the document clearly made a splash on the other side of the pond. What actual evidence is there that the king did/didn't read it and what his personal reaction was? Yes, I know that additional troops were sent and he prosecuted the war with more vigor, but I'd like to know what evidence there is specifically of his reaction to the text of this document.
In congress, july 4, 1776 t⍑ᒷ ⚍リᔑリ╎ᒲ𝙹⚍ᓭ dᒷᓵꖎᔑ∷ᔑℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎∷ℸ ̣ ᒷᒷリ ⚍リ╎ℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ sℸ ̣ ᔑℸ ̣ ᒷᓭ 𝙹⎓ aᒲᒷ∷╎ᓵᔑ w⍑ᒷリ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ c𝙹⚍∷ᓭᒷ 𝙹⎓ ⍑⚍ᒲᔑリ ᒷ⍊ᒷリℸ ̣ ᓭ ╎ℸ ̣ ʖᒷᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷᓭ リᒷᓵᒷᓭᓭᔑ∷|| ⎓𝙹∷ 𝙹リᒷ !¡ᒷ𝙹!¡ꖎᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ↸╎ᓭᓭ𝙹ꖎ⍊ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ !¡𝙹ꖎ╎ℸ ̣ ╎ᓵᔑꖎ ʖᔑリ↸ᓭ ∴⍑╎ᓵ⍑ ⍑ᔑ⍊ᒷ ᓵ𝙹リリᒷᓵℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᔑリ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᔑᓭᓭ⚍ᒲᒷ ᔑᒲ𝙹リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ !¡𝙹∴ᒷ∷ᓭ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒷᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⍑, ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭᒷ!¡ᔑ∷ᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ ᔑリ↸ ᒷᑑ⚍ᔑꖎ ᓭℸ ̣ ᔑℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ∴⍑╎ᓵ⍑ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ lᔑ∴ᓭ 𝙹⎓ nᔑℸ ̣ ⚍∷ᒷ ᔑリ↸ 𝙹⎓ nᔑℸ ̣ ⚍∷ᒷ'ᓭ g𝙹↸ ᒷリℸ ̣ ╎ℸ ̣ ꖎᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ, ᔑ ↸ᒷᓵᒷリℸ ̣ ∷ᒷᓭ!¡ᒷᓵℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ 𝙹!¡╎リ╎𝙹リᓭ 𝙹⎓ ᒲᔑリꖌ╎リ↸ ∷ᒷᑑ⚍╎∷ᒷᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᓭ⍑𝙹⚍ꖎ↸ ↸ᒷᓵꖎᔑ∷ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓵᔑ⚍ᓭᒷᓭ ∴⍑╎ᓵ⍑ ╎ᒲ!¡ᒷꖎ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭᒷ!¡ᔑ∷ᔑℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ.
wᒷ ⍑𝙹ꖎ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᓭᒷ ℸ ̣ ∷⚍ℸ ̣ ⍑ᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ʖᒷ ᓭᒷꖎ⎓-ᒷ⍊╎↸ᒷリℸ ̣ , ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ᔑꖎꖎ ᒲᒷリ ᔑ∷ᒷ ᓵ∷ᒷᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ᒷᑑ⚍ᔑꖎ, ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᔑ∷ᒷ ᒷリ↸𝙹∴ᒷ↸ ʖ|| ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ c∷ᒷᔑℸ ̣ 𝙹∷ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᓵᒷ∷ℸ ̣ ᔑ╎リ ⚍リᔑꖎ╎ᒷリᔑʖꖎᒷ r╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᓭ, ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ᔑᒲ𝙹リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᓭᒷ ᔑ∷ᒷ l╎⎓ᒷ, l╎ʖᒷ∷ℸ ̣ || ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ !¡⚍∷ᓭ⚍╎ℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ hᔑ!¡!¡╎リᒷᓭᓭ. — t⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᓭᒷᓵ⚍∷ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᓭᒷ ∷╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᓭ, g𝙹⍊ᒷ∷リᒲᒷリℸ ̣ ᓭ ᔑ∷ᒷ ╎リᓭℸ ̣ ╎ℸ ̣ ⚍ℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ᔑᒲ𝙹リ⊣ mᒷリ, ↸ᒷ∷╎⍊╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ⋮⚍ᓭℸ ̣ !¡𝙹∴ᒷ∷ᓭ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓵ𝙹リᓭᒷリℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⊣𝙹⍊ᒷ∷リᒷ↸, — t⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ∴⍑ᒷリᒷ⍊ᒷ∷ ᔑリ|| f𝙹∷ᒲ 𝙹⎓ g𝙹⍊ᒷ∷リᒲᒷリℸ ̣ ʖᒷᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷᓭ ↸ᒷᓭℸ ̣ ∷⚍ᓵℸ ̣ ╎⍊ᒷ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᓭᒷ ᒷリ↸ᓭ, ╎ℸ ̣ ╎ᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ r╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ pᒷ𝙹!¡ꖎᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᔑꖎℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ 𝙹∷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᔑʖ𝙹ꖎ╎ᓭ⍑ ╎ℸ ̣ , ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ╎リᓭℸ ̣ ╎ℸ ̣ ⚍ℸ ̣ ᒷ リᒷ∴ g𝙹⍊ᒷ∷リᒲᒷリℸ ̣ , ꖎᔑ||╎リ⊣ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓭ ⎓𝙹⚍リ↸ᔑℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ 𝙹リ ᓭ⚍ᓵ⍑ !¡∷╎リᓵ╎!¡ꖎᒷᓭ ᔑリ↸ 𝙹∷⊣ᔑリ╎⨅╎リ⊣ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓭ !¡𝙹∴ᒷ∷ᓭ ╎リ ᓭ⚍ᓵ⍑ ⎓𝙹∷ᒲ, ᔑᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ ᓭ⍑ᔑꖎꖎ ᓭᒷᒷᒲ ᒲ𝙹ᓭℸ ̣ ꖎ╎ꖌᒷꖎ|| ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᒷ⎓⎓ᒷᓵℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ sᔑ⎓ᒷℸ ̣ || ᔑリ↸ hᔑ!¡!¡╎リᒷᓭᓭ. P∷⚍↸ᒷリᓵᒷ, ╎リ↸ᒷᒷ↸, ∴╎ꖎꖎ ↸╎ᓵℸ ̣ ᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ g𝙹⍊ᒷ∷リᒲᒷリℸ ̣ ᓭ ꖎ𝙹リ⊣ ᒷᓭℸ ̣ ᔑʖꖎ╎ᓭ⍑ᒷ↸ ᓭ⍑𝙹⚍ꖎ↸ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ʖᒷ ᓵ⍑ᔑリ⊣ᒷ↸ ⎓𝙹∷ ꖎ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリᓭ╎ᒷリℸ ̣ ᓵᔑ⚍ᓭᒷᓭ; ᔑリ↸ ᔑᓵᓵ𝙹∷↸╎リ⊣ꖎ|| ᔑꖎꖎ ᒷ ̇/!¡ᒷ∷╎ᒷリᓵᒷ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ⍑ ᓭ⍑ᒷ∴リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ᒲᔑリꖌ╎リ↸ ᔑ∷ᒷ ᒲ𝙹∷ᒷ ↸╎ᓭ!¡𝙹ᓭᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᓭ⚍⎓⎓ᒷ∷, ∴⍑╎ꖎᒷ ᒷ⍊╎ꖎᓭ ᔑ∷ᒷ ᓭ⚍⎓⎓ᒷ∷ᔑʖꖎᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ∷╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲᓭᒷꖎ⍊ᒷᓭ ʖ|| ᔑʖ𝙹ꖎ╎ᓭ⍑╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⎓𝙹∷ᒲᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ∴⍑╎ᓵ⍑ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᔑ∷ᒷ ᔑᓵᓵ⚍ᓭℸ ̣ 𝙹ᒲᒷ↸. B⚍ℸ ̣ ∴⍑ᒷリ ᔑ ꖎ𝙹リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑ╎リ 𝙹⎓ ᔑʖ⚍ᓭᒷᓭ ᔑリ↸ ⚍ᓭ⚍∷!¡ᔑℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リᓭ, !¡⚍∷ᓭ⚍╎リ⊣ ╎リ⍊ᔑ∷╎ᔑʖꖎ|| ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭᔑᒲᒷ oʖ⋮ᒷᓵℸ ̣ ᒷ⍊╎リᓵᒷᓭ ᔑ ↸ᒷᓭ╎⊣リ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ∷ᒷ↸⚍ᓵᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ ⚍リ↸ᒷ∷ ᔑʖᓭ𝙹ꖎ⚍ℸ ̣ ᒷ dᒷᓭ!¡𝙹ℸ ̣ ╎ᓭᒲ, ╎ℸ ̣ ╎ᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ∷╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ , ╎ℸ ̣ ╎ᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ↸⚍ℸ ̣ ||, ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑∷𝙹∴ 𝙹⎓⎓ ᓭ⚍ᓵ⍑ g𝙹⍊ᒷ∷リᒲᒷリℸ ̣ , ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 !¡∷𝙹⍊╎↸ᒷ リᒷ∴ g⚍ᔑ∷↸ᓭ ⎓𝙹∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ⎓⚍ℸ ̣ ⚍∷ᒷ ᓭᒷᓵ⚍∷╎ℸ ̣ ||. — s⚍ᓵ⍑ ⍑ᔑᓭ ʖᒷᒷリ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ !¡ᔑℸ ̣ ╎ᒷリℸ ̣ ᓭ⚍⎓⎓ᒷ∷ᔑリᓵᒷ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᓭᒷ c𝙹ꖎ𝙹リ╎ᒷᓭ; ᔑリ↸ ᓭ⚍ᓵ⍑ ╎ᓭ リ𝙹∴ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ リᒷᓵᒷᓭᓭ╎ℸ ̣ || ∴⍑╎ᓵ⍑ ᓵ𝙹リᓭℸ ̣ ∷ᔑ╎リᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᔑꖎℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ⎓𝙹∷ᒲᒷ∷ s||ᓭℸ ̣
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I often find that, when we want to change certain laws and customs in America, especially ones written by the founding fathers themselves, people get a sense that we're elimininating or ruining what is considered "American". When I hear that, I think of this quote from the Declaration of Independence, a document that I consider to be the core spirit of America, as it was the document that basically defined what America is why it exists:
"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
My favored "candidates":
- Human Vote Counting and Universal Enfranchisement
- Medicare for All
- Economic Justice
- Green New Deal
- Living Wages
- End Endless Wars
- Campaign Finance Reform
- Medical and Student Debt Forgiveness
- Reproductive Rights and Equal Pay
- Criminal Justice Reform
- Immigration Reform
- Antitrust Enforcement
- Privacy Rights
- Corporate Revenue Taxation
- Wealth Taxation
- Speculation Taxation
- Outsourcing Taxation
- Net Neutrality
- Legalize It
- Eat the Rich
But right now, my best suggestion for all us to write in would be some sort of declaration such as:
- "Stop scamming us!"
- "We are on to you!" or
- "Pay back what you stole, and we'll let you off easy."
Any better suggestions for write-in declarations? Imagine if one of these declarations were to emerge as the leading "candidate" for all voters under 45. At least that would shake things up a bit at the top of the pyramid.
I thought this would be an easy search but i can't find it for some reason. I did find documents of other countries recognizing belgian independence (london conference) but no direct declaration directed towards the King Willem.
In Congress, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, 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.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodatio
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”Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/
