United States of
America
Final Project LRC 320
Shawn Ellis
University of Arizona
Declaration of Independence
 The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas
Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776.
 The Declaration is at once the nation’s most cherished
symbol of liberty and Jefferson’s most enduring monument.
 Jefferson introduced “self-evident” truths and also set forth a
list of grievances against the King in order to justify before
the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the
mother country.
 http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html
United States Constitution
 The Constitution of the United States is the supreme
law of the United States of America.
 The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787
by the Constitutional convention in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
 The Constitution has been amended twenty-seven
times and the first ten amendments are known as the
Bill of Rights.
Independence Day
 Known as the 4th of July in the United States.
 This is a federal holiday in the United States that
celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of
Independence on July 4, 1776.
 This was when we declared independence from the
Kingdom of Great Britain.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United
_States)
United States of America!