Compare And Contrast The Declaration Of Independence And The Constitution

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The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are both very formally written. However, the Declaration of Independence was written to claim independence while the Constitution is only setting up laws for an already independent nation. They became very important to the American history, in such way that we even celebrate the Declaration of Independence.
The authors of the Declaration wanted to affect its readers by explaining exactly what was being done and why it was happening. The Constitution only wanted to affect the readers by giving rules and rights to people and the government. So in contrast, the Declaration was written to be more assertive and demanding, and the Constitution was written to be more assuring and promising of rights