Week 2: Histroy of July 4th

Video link: Declaration of Independence on the History Channel


Video introduction: 

    In the video, these speakers told us the most important part in the Declaration of Independence is the sentence of "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". It declares the United States is a free country, people who live in the United States have the right to vote who they want to be charged, and American can make their decision for themselves. Since July 4th, 1776, the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence that Thomas Jefferson mainly wrote down, American seriously fought for the right with British Empire. All of them were going to fight for independence, and they were no going back anymore.  

I listen it about 30 minutes.

The reason I chose this video is that

    I got the main idea of Declaration of Independence from these speaker's descriptions. It's really unbelievable that Thomas Jefferson wrote down the most significant piece of writings in the world at his thirty three years old. Although the quote is short, "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights", it obviously has changed America history, and it also affects other democracies in the world.
 

Vocabulary and phrase:

1.Revolutionary (adjective): causing or relating to a great or complete change. Quote from Richard Slotkin, "It's a revolutionary document for a revolutionary statement." 

2.Endow (verb): to freely or naturally provide (someone or something) with something — usually used as (be) endowed. Quote from Declaration of Independence, "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights " 

3.Unalienable (adjective):  impossible to take away or give up. Quote from Declaration of Independence, "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights "