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* [[The American Revolution]]: Although the Revolution had been in progress for about a year before the Declaration was written, the Declaration was intended to justify it in terms of expelling an occupying army serving a tyrant. |
* [[The American Revolution]]: Although the Revolution had been in progress for about a year before the Declaration was written, the Declaration was intended to justify it in terms of expelling an occupying army serving a tyrant. |
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* [[Follow the Leader]]: it inspired a lot of similar Declarations of Independence during the following century. |
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* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: Manly Firmness. |
* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: Manly Firmness. |
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* [[List of Transgressions]]: Committed by the King and his forces and representatives in the Colonies. |
* [[List of Transgressions]]: Committed by the King and his forces and representatives in the Colonies. |
Latest revision as of 11:17, 11 November 2018
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announcing that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were no longer a part of the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, and revised and approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to obtain independence.
The Declaration of Independence provides examples of the following tropes:
- The American Revolution: Although the Revolution had been in progress for about a year before the Declaration was written, the Declaration was intended to justify it in terms of expelling an occupying army serving a tyrant.
- Follow the Leader: it inspired a lot of similar Declarations of Independence during the following century.
- Have a Gay Old Time: Manly Firmness.
- List of Transgressions: Committed by the King and his forces and representatives in the Colonies.
- Long List: It goes on for quite a while.
- La Résistance: Was essentially an explanation of why the colonies had a right to form one.
- We ARE Struggling Together!: Pretty much describes the process of getting the Colonies (or rather, their representatives in Congress) to agree to it.
- You Bastard: Was an extended version of this trope to King George III.
The Declaration of Independence plays an important role in the following works:
Film - Live-Action
- 1776 is story of how the Declaration came to be -- and a Musical Comedy that is still somehow both suspenseful and reasonably historically accurate.
- In National Treasure a copy of the Declaration holds a clue to the whereabouts of a fantastic treasure trove.
Theater
- The original stage version of 1776, mentioned above.
Western Animation
- This document was part of the plot of one of the nineties era Johnny Quest episodes, also featuring the Jersey Devil, where it served as the MacGuffin.