The declaration of independence was an important first step in the recongnition of individual rights. Why do you think it was an important first step?

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The declaration of independence was an important first step in the recognition of individual rights. I think it was an important first step because it represented the opportunity for the American colonists to freely express their will of being independent of the British crown.  The American colonists deserved to be free and have their own form of government.

The colonists were angry against the English king for the many heavy taxations imposed on them. and the fact that they had no voice and no representation in the British Parliament.

The Declaration of Independence was promulgated in the city of Philadephia, Pennsylvania, and was the result of the work of a special group of prominent Americans who drafted the Declaration. They were Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin.