The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, was written to establish the basis of the revolution that the colonists were planning, and enacting. It expressed the reasons that the colonists claimed as factors for their wants to be independent. A famous line from the Declaration of Independence reads, “We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable rights; …showed first 75 words of 1071 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1071 total…male who had a say in the government. Although this may be interpreted totally different in modern times, the meaning at the times was definitely not in favor of minorities, and females. (who were not really minorities, but might as well have been in the 18th century) The place of blacks and other minorities were not to be in very important places until more white leaders began to see the viewpoints of Banneker and Douglass.