Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence is a very important document in our countries history that shouldn't be taken lightly.  Many people just skim over the article and don't worry about what it says.  Its amazing how much people don't care about their freedom.  Now that i have gotten that out of my system I can move on to my next point.  That is to name the other four authors of the Declaration of Independence not including Thomas Jefferson.  They are the one, the only, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, R. R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.  Of course there were others that were apart of forming the Declaration, but these were the main five that actually wrote it and came up with the proper words to be used in the proper spaces.  Obviously the Declaration of Independence is going to be almost perfect in grammar and writing, but there were a couple problems found.  These were a couple of errors of faulty logic that I found while reading the Declaration of Independence.

In paragraph two of the Declaration, it states "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal (Jefferson 122)."  This is faulty logic simply because saying all men are created equal means that we all are born free and shall be treated fair, but what it actually means is all of this should happen but it doesn't.  I also felt like this was highly opinionated and falsely stated.  Truth is, back when the Declaration of Independence was being written people weren't all equal and we aren't to this day.  Actually we never will, but that's something we are going to have to come to live with.  Back in the 1770's (mainly 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed) there was a lot of racist people and many racist acts still occurred.  The African American population was still mistreated and not treated equally.  Not even all whites were treated equally.  The government was basically looking for a certain age group of people to be apart of the government and help make decisions for the country.  That is why most of the people responsible for the Declaration of Independence were 35ish years old.  The white male that was younger than this average age group was not enjoyed as much by the government and was treated less that the older male figures.  The men that were of this prime age group got special benefits and were able to get away with more things.  Unlike younger white males, black males and females were treated even worse.  Being obviously unfair, the quote at the beginning of this paragraph was put into the Declaration of Independence to bring safety and security to their race, religion, sex, etc.  This must have brought a huge relief to these people and change a ton of peoples lives through careful depicting and editing of the Declaration.  Besides these small things here and there the Declaration of Independence is spotless and adapts to any time period correctly and in an understandable way.  It was written so it can make sense to all age groups and time periods.

Jefferson, Thomas. "Declaration of Independence." Comp. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Ph.D. and Douglas Fisher, Ph.D. Glencoe Literature. American Literature ed. Columbus: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2009. 97-99. Print.