The Declaration of Independence Many people know famous lines from the Declaration of Independence such as “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal…” but what many people do not know is that these lines are the result of revisions that were made to the original Declaration. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration in June of 1776, but over a one-month period the document was revised and about eighty-six changes had been …showed first 75 words of 805 total…

…showed last 75 words of 805 total…changes that were made to the original Declaration of Independence, in my opinion, were made for their own very important reasons. The fact that so many men spent so much time revising and rewording the document shows that they were careful as to what was said in this letter. We know that making these changes had a great impact on United States history, but what if not making the changes had an even greater one?