What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say about God

Governing principles came in 1789 with the U.S. Constitution, which did not mention God. In 1791, states then ratified the ...
The Heritage Foundation

Forming the Declaration

The main objectives of the Declaration of Independence were to announce a cause of action and formally justify the Continental Congress’s July 2, 1776, decision to separate from Great Britain. The ...
The Western Journal on MSN

The founders likely built the most famous phrase in the Declaration of Independence from a ...

The famous second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence likely drew its phrasing from a sermon delivered in the early ...
Newsweek

World’s Most Important Writing Assignment: Declaration of Independence

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It was the most important writing assignment in world history. In May ...