Declaration of Independence History The Declaration of
Independence is the most important document in US history. Why
is that? Well without the Declaration of Independence there
would have been no other documents. The Declaration of
Independence started America's quest for freedom. Fifty six men
came together and risked their lives to sign the Declaration of
Independence to tell the British Monarchy, "We've had enough!"
Without the Declaration of Independence and the American
Revolutionary War, we would possibly still have tea time and
speak with British accents. The Declaration of Independence also
contains many of the ideas of individual liberty and freedom
that make this country so great. How did all of this
independence thing get started? For years the citizens and
delegates from the Continental Congress had discussed and
debated the idea of splitting from England and forming a country
of some sorts. It was only after Richard Henry Lee of Virginia
proposed it on the floor of the Continental Congress on Ju