What are the common issues in the Declaration, The Iroquois Compact, and Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia Convention?

The common issues in these documents are over peace, freedom, and their rights as citizens. In , Patricks Henry speech he is stating that they will do anything they can to be free of England even if it means fighting them. Jefferson adressses all the laws England has forced on them that the country doesn't agree with. One of the major issues being taxes, especially the tax put on tea which was usually drank three times a day. The Iroquios state "If any man or nation outside the five nations shall obey the laws of the Great Peace and make known their known their disposition to the lords of the Confederacy, they may trace the roots to the obediant and promise to obey the wishes of the confederate council, they shall be welcomed to take shelter beneath the Tree of the Long Leaves." Both the colonies and the nations does not want someone intruding and telling them what to do, the want to have the power to let whoever they want into their nation. The coloines do not want all the criminals from England being shipped their to destroy their land. Just as the Iroquois do not want people taking or settling on their land with out their permission.

Patrick Henry's speech and the declaration were very similar. They both adressed the freedom they wanted from England, and expressed their rights. In Henry's speech he talks about freedom of speech and all the issues Great Britain gave us. In the declaration Jefferson lists all the problems as well explaining why they need to be independent. They both talk about how each country and its people have their own individual rights, this is also explained in the Iroquois Compact. All three speeches are about liberty.