Founding Documents

The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are both fundamental pieces of our nation’s origin and beginning, however I feel are very different because the Declaration of Independence was focusing more on obtaining our freedom from the British where when the Constitution was passed in 1789, we have already had our independence for 13 years and now we were determining and beginning our free country government. The Declaration of Independence focused the statement of the oppression our founding fathers experienced, “All Men are Created Equal, Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness” were some of the rights they believed every person deserved. They also went to list many of the King’s faults and why they were upset “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public Good” being the first. The Constitution however was different, it focused on the rights we would have after already obtaining our independence, “to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote general Welfare” etc. were the beginnings of our nation and the freedom we enjoy today.