Haiti and the US Independence Declaration
The declarations of independence of the United States and of Haiti are both important documents. They are differerent, though, which is to be expected, as they emerge from differnent circumstances.
A-Comment on specific differences you see between these two documents -- content, tone, types of languge used, style of argument, audience addressed, political ideas expressed, or anything else.
B-Try to think about how the differences you see in the document are connected to the different historical/political/economic/social circumstances faced by Haiti and by the British North American colonies.
C-Reproduce -- either by retyping or by copying and pasting -- a passage(s) from the Telesio document in which he desribes what people have been for so long doing wrong when investigating the natural world
Haiti and The US INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
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Haiti and The US INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
The content in both the Haiti Declaration and the US Independence Declaration of 1776 expressed discontent and oppression of its people, who were thirsting for freedom and liberty. In the US independence declaration, the message was directed to the Britain Colony and the world at large. The declaration addressed specific unjust such as racism, unfair treatment, and disassociation with the British colony. “We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world…” (2023)
Subsequently, the US was a British Colony that was initially occupied by British Immigrants who were looking for greener pastures overseas and freedom of religion. Upon arrival, the colonist established a sense of identity and society different from their rulers and different from independent people. Thus, the struggle for independence by local people was ideal for both political and social welfare. Thus, the tone in the declaration was appealing, persuasive, and emotional...