
The Declaration of Independence
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“When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the cause which impel them to the separation.”
When a government is taking away the rights of citizens and is not doing what the people want, then the citizens have the right to change or replace the government.
When one group of people is going to break away from a country to form its own nation, then they should explain why they are doing it.
Every time we colonists felt we were being treated unfairly, we wrote the King. He answered by treating us more unfairly. A ruler who abuses his power should not be able to rule us.
Governments are formed to make sure people’s rights are protected. Government power should come from the people.
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
England has repeatedly interfered with colonists’ rights. In doing so, it has unfairly ruled over the American colonies.
We now consider ourselves to be an independent country.
Here is proof that England had interfered with colonial rights: the King has not allowed laws that help colonists the most.
Individuals have some basic rights that are obvious and should not be taken away. Freedom, for example, is one of those rights.
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“[T]o secure these [basic] rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”
When one group of people is going to break away from a country to form its own nation, then they should explain why they are doing it.
When a government is taking away the rights of citizens and is not doing what the people want, then the citizens have the right to change or replace the government.
Governments are formed to make sure people’s rights are protected. Government power should come from the people.
Every time we colonists felt we were being treated unfairly, we wrote the King. He answered by treating us more unfairly. A ruler who abuses his power should not be able to rule us.
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15 mins • 1 pt
“[T]o secure these [basic] rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”
When one group of people is going to break away from a country to form its own nation, then they should explain why they are doing it.
When a government is taking away the rights of citizens and is not doing what the people want, then the citizens have the right to change or replace the government.
Governments are formed to make sure people’s rights are protected. Government power should come from the people.
Every time we colonists felt we were being treated unfairly, we wrote the King. He answered by treating us more unfairly. A ruler who abuses his power should not be able to rule us.
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15 mins • 1 pt
“[T]hat whenever any form of government becomes destructive [in protecting rights and responding to the people], it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government…”
When one group of people is going to break away from a country to form its own nation, then they should explain why they are doing it.
Every time we colonists felt we were being treated unfairly, we wrote the King. He answered by treating us more unfairly. A ruler who abuses his power should not be able to rule us.
When a government is taking away the rights of citizens and is not doing what the people want, then the citizens have the right to change or replace the government.
Governments are formed to make sure people’s rights are protected. Government power should come from the people.
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having, in direct object, the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States.”
England has repeatedly interfered with colonists’ rights. In doing so, it has unfairly ruled over the American colonies.
Individuals have some basic rights that are obvious and should not be taken away. Freedom, for example, is one of those rights.
We now consider ourselves to be an independent country.
Here is proof that England had interfered with colonial rights: the King has not allowed laws that help colonists the most.
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15 mins • 1 pt
“To prove [that England has interfered with colonial rights], let the facts be submitted to a candid world: he has refused to assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.”
England has repeatedly interfered with colonists’ rights. In doing so, it has unfairly ruled over the American colonies.
Individuals have some basic rights that are obvious and should not be taken away. Freedom, for example, is one of those rights.
We now consider ourselves to be an independent country.
Here is proof that England had interfered with colonial rights: the King has not allowed laws that help colonists the most.
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