Analysis: When the Declaration of Independence was written, the first few lines written by the founding fathers read: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are equal...". Based
on this document above, do you think the founding fathers and Americans at this time included
enslaved peoples in the general category of "men"? Why or why not?

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.