Declaration+of+Independence+michaelmp11

Hello, my name is Stephen Hopkins. I grew up in Providence Rhode Island and ended up being a merchant. I'm here today to convince you to sign the Declaration of Independence because if you sign it, we have a chance to become a free country. I signed the Declaration of Independence to gain independence from Great Britain. This is kind of like the kids trying to gain independence from doing homework. I am the Chief Justice and Governer of Rhode Island. I am also the first chancellor of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The Declaration of Independence will declare independence from Britain so we won't have to pay any more unheard of taxes or listen to rules that are really unfair. I would much rather be exposed to inconveniences attending to much liberty than those attending to small a degree of it- Thomas Jefferson.