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In at least 250 words, explain the difference in tone between The Declaration of Independence and The Bill of Rights. Use evidence from both texts to support your response.

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Though both The Declaration of Independence and The Bill of Rights are written by Americans and are written to establish a democracy, the tones in either text are different. The Declaration of Independence's tone is very forceful and confident, telling Great Britain that they wish to be independent of their mother country. Furthermore, the text includes content in regard to religion. In the deceleration, it states that "...the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them..." Here, they use God's name to emphasize their point and opinion. They also use the term"Creator" in the following sentence, "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..." The declaration states that the Creator or "God" endowed the people we rights that cannot be taken away. The Bill of Rights on the other hand does not share a similar tone. They do not refer to God or any other religious matter except to announce that the Second Amendment grants people the freedom of religion, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." The tone that The Bill of Rights has is monotone, stating the Amendments clearly without any additional authority. Both works were written to establish the democracy that would be America, but the stones each share are special to each document.

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"The tone of the documents differ since the Declaration of Independence is shorter and it is like a story since it just describes the rights that everyone should have, and how the king of England, by coming to the United States had not given them the rights that they deserved."(enotes) It also contained quite a bit of content that talked about religion. An example of this would be, "..endowed by the creator.." which had a long list of things the king has violated. However, The Bill of Rights has a monotone tone that just states the amendments and what those amendments are. Unlike the declaration of independence, it also has legal rights.

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