Declaration of Independence and Founders’ political philosop…

WES-2026SP Business Law (36327) NOTICE: This and all other writing will be automatically reviewed for plagiarism and use of AI to write your responses. Plagiarism and use of AI to complete work will not be tolerated and no credit will be giver where use of source materials are not properly cited. Your assignment is to draft 3 to 5 paragraphs, space and one-half, 12 point font, Times New Roman, answering the following question using the perspectives, beliefs and viewpoints of either Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson or John Adams. When answering, identify which Founder you have selected. You must attribute any view you ascribe to that Founder with a reliable, historically recognized citation, Google or AI do not qualify! There are many biographies of each as well as their own writings (the best source) which I suggest you explore and utilize in your answer, using proper citations (either APA or Chicago). We have discussed the Declaration of Independence. The most known words from the Declaration are “we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal: that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights: that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The Declaration also sets forth prior to those words, that when it becomes necessary “for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind, requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to separation.”; Separation. and after those famous words… “…that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed: that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.” Formation. QUESTION: Your assignment is to think about the before and after, Separation and Formation. Choose either Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson or John Adams and decide what philosophically and legally lead the Founder you selected, to commit treason against Great Britain? They were, prior to signing the Declaration, subjects of the King. Secondly, once they declared their separation and committed themselves to forming a new government, what do you believe the Founder you selected had in mind, in keeping with the words between these two acts of Separation and Formation and their particular political views and legal training and philosophy. Did they make law or discover law? Remember, the idea that governmental power came from the people, not a monarch or any other government leader or government, while opined by philosophers, had never been tried in the history of the world. Please respond thoughtfully and not with a judgmental view of 1776 from the benefit of 2024 hindsight. Place yourselves to the best you can, in 1776. And remember; When answering, identify which Founder you have selected. You must attribute any view you ascribe to that Founder with a reliable, historically recognized citation, Google or AI do not qualify! There are many biographies of each as well as their own writings (the best source) which I suggest you explore and utilize in your answer, using proper citations (either APA or Chicago). Choose either Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson or John Adams and decide what philosophically and legally lead the Founder you selected, to commit treason against Great Britain? They were, prior to signing the Declaration, subjects of the King. Secondly, once they declared their separation and committed themselves to forming a new government, what do you believe the Founder you selected had in mind, in keeping with the words between these two acts of Separation and Formation and their particular political views and legal training and philosophy. Did they make law or discover law?