Johnson
Pg. 154
"It also wanted to give the future citizens of America a classic statement of what their country was about, so that their children and their children's children could study it and learn it by heart."

We kind of discussed this in class on Monday. We had reached the conclusion that those who wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence didn't realize that what they were writing would be studied for generations and generations to come and therefore did not keep notes or records on the process. Johnson clearly rebuts this. I have to say I completely agree with Johnson. The founding fathers knew quiet well exactly what they were doing and what it meant for the country. This was not some friendly letter they were sending to the king. They were basically saying "take that! HA! We tried, but you didn't listen so we're going to form our own country." Even if the revolution had failed it would still be something that would be studied for generations to come. It would have been a significant piece of history about the attempt made by the colonies to overthrow the super power of the world. The founding fathers also knew that if this declaration and revolution succeeded, this would be dubbed as the start of a new nation. No matter how you look at it, the founding fathers were brilliant people who knew exactly what they were doing and what it could mean for the world for generations and generations to come.