Prof. Murdaco
POL 166
October 3,2015
Joan Callahan
Assignment #3




From the Declaration of Independence: A Transcription


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 benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences...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.


In this text the discussion is centered around the 13 United States fighting for their freedom from the tyrannical oppression of England. The founders of the colonies fled England so they could practice their religion without persecution.  The British Kingdom, however would not allow these early American settlers to escape the tight grip of the British Government.  It states that other means of resolution were attempted but England would not be accommodating to any such requests and their power in the region was such that The 13 States were at the mercy of the British government who restricted their ability to engage in trade with others and imposed unfair taxes upon them. Many of the citezens were transported back to England to be tried for fictitious crimes. All in an effort to thwart their progress as an independent entity.


I chose this text because it highlights the struggles of the early settlers of the United States of America in establishing their independence as a free nation. At this point in history, there was no free nation and England stood to lose a great deal if these settlers were able to set an example for future  people of British rule to follow. By making it difficult for the United States to establish its own nation of free people, The British government was protecting its self from  an exodus of those in search of their own freedom from tyranny.