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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 accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

— John Hancock
 

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After all there years, it still rings to the ears as pure, clean and fresh as the day it was written. The Declaration testifies to the fact that the TRUTH has no agenda and no expiration date. It is timeless and forever.
 

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The battle of Bennington VT was actually fought on top of my GGGG Granfathers farm in Hoosick Falls NY. My family harbored General Stark and his men the night prior the battle. Starks words, that We'd win the war or his wife would be a widow were first spoke in my families home.

Be careful what history books teach you. They are written by people with an axe to grind. Be smarter!

Not 100% of the Colonists were behind the Revolution effort! There were many who gave refuge to English troops on their march.

Not all of the modern day so called Patriots is telling the truth!

The Revolution really wasn't all about high taxes IE Property, Federal, State, Business ect. The Revolution wasn't about the modern spin Doctor's phrase "taxation w/o representation". Keep being brainwashed by the modern media or research history like I did.

Our Revolution was all about the strangle hold that England had upon our trade. With this, our Colonists were starving here. Most left England and formed New England sound familiar? We wanted religious freedom and independence.

When England decided to slap unfair tariffs upon a product that wasn't theirs to begin with, our brave settler's seen the witting on the wall.

The Revolution was all about unfair trade practices and England’s use of Navel blockades to enforce them. Just so happens it was Tea that became the flash point.

Unfair trade will be the flash point of our upcoming Revolution if this Country doesn’t straighten itself out. There is no US citizen that should have investments/ interests overseas at a time when Americans are starving for work. If they do, they are not “Loyal Patriots” as derived from the phrase “thanks for your Patronage”.
 

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Unfair trade will be the flash point of our upcoming Revolution if this Country doesn’t straighten itself out. There is no US citizen that should have investments/ interests overseas at a time when Americans are starving for work. If they do, they are not “Loyal Patriots” as derived from the phrase “thanks for your Patronage”.
Still carrying a torch for that job at GM I see. How many Chinese engines do you have now?
 

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I'm not prejudice the Chinese Kerf. I love their culture and their Country is beautiful.

I'm seriously prejudice their Trade practices and our Government who allows it to go on whilst we be fleeced.

For people reading, Chinese pay absolutely no taxes at home to produce their product and absolutely no taxes when their product lands upon our shelves (in stores).

In convex, our products are taxed to be 7 times their value here in the US by the Chinese when they enter China.

Please explain how this is free or fair trade Kerf? How is this a free market?

I don’t want to pick on the Chinese, they are a striking example, but this is going on with many other Countries.

1 I think? Just my HT, but my eco-tech in my cavalier is made in an Asian Country.
 

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At least I'm not giving my Engine to the good people of Joplin, trying to pass it off as made in America while saying I'm the biggest Patriot in the Country! Touché LOL!

Play nice Kerf!

The situation I described w/ our Colonies was simple. Fight or starve. Sadly I'm just voicing my opinion that it will come to that again, real soon and not by choice of the American people on Main Street!
 
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Give a thought to how much courage, and fear, it took those guys to send that to the biggest military power in the world. No offense to the WW2 veterans but to me these guys were "The Greatest Generation". It took an unbelievable amount of guts!

Terry
 

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I'm a little late with this for MH, but there's always next year! P.S. many of the big display companies make their own! Black Cat Fireworks - Made in USA - Black Cat Fireworks - The Best You Can Get

As for Chinese made, they do some awesome stuff. Check out their New Year Celebration some time!
I love the Chinese business model. Profits are down, call an employee meeting in the parking lot and put one through the managers head. Talk about instant motivation!
 

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Give a thought to how much courage, and fear, it took those guys to send that to the biggest military power in the world. No offense to the WW2 veterans but to me these guys were "The Greatest Generation". It took an unbelievable amount of guts!

Terry
Right on man! How would you like your name on that Declaration??? LOL!

Everybody wants us to believe it was all about high taxes. BS! It was fight or be starved, almost like it's getting to, today!

Wait until our Fed runs out of money, the Chinese don't see us as a credible debtor and the welfare and SSI checks quit coming!

I pray for this Country!

So loyal are our modern day Patriots, that they held a Congressional session for about 20 seconds yesterday in order to solve our debt problem.

They can't spare a days work for us that they are richly rewarded for. I'd rather have anybody on this board by my side for loyalty in a firefight w/ an invading force, before any one of those pukes.
 
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