Question

What moral compromise was made by the writers of the Declaration of Independence to get the South to agree to the document *

1. Women were specifically included as deserving the right to vote

2. The king was recognized as having a divine right to rule as part of the social contract

3. Language on how bad the slave trade was ended up being removed.

4. Puritan religion was held up as the only true faith of America

Answer 1

The moral compromise made by the writers of the Declaration of Independence to get the Southern colonies to agree to the document is the one stated in the following answer:

3. Language on how bad the slave trade was ended up being removed.

Congress strategically edited Jefferson's first document, not only removing unnecessary wording, and improving sentence structure but also removing Jefferson's assertion that Britain had forced slavery on the colonies so as to make the document less intense and convince people in Britain who supported the Revolution.