...equal, we are born with unalienable rights from the God (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), governments are constituted by men, and if the government does not act right on behalf of the people, the people have the right to abolish or alter the government. According to the Declaration of Independence, they explain that due to the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God it allows the People to dissolve Political Bands, and to assume among the powers of the Earth to...
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...the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns." The first principle Popular Sovereignty is reflected within the Declaration of Independence. Popular sovereignty means that the people power the government by electing government leaders to represent the people of this nation and making government decisions. Once the people elect a leader they do not have the power to remove the leader from their government positions and replace them with a new leader. panel 4 Social Contract In the Declaration of Independence social contract was reflected in the quotes below: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life,...
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...of Independence is very relevant, however; equality is the most important. The declaration of independence stated that “All men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” Meaning that all people should receive the same rights, and be treated as equals. This is so important because everyone deserves the same rights. In document A Diana Pham a Vietnamese refugee, expressed how grateful she was of the equality given to her and her family. She said “America has given our family the chance to become whatever we choose...
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...In the U.S Constitution, the people have been given a set of unalienable rights. These should be basic rights that all citizens should be guaranteed since birth and should stay with them forever. In the Declaration of Independence, it states that “they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” These Unalienable rights include Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness, meaning all citizens in a country should be treated equally and fairly. They are protected by Limited Government and Popular Sovereignty. Unalienable Rights, as a U.S. Citizen, are a set of rights that you should be given at birth and can’t be taken away or denied from you by anyone. This includes “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” (Thomas Jefferson)....
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...Americans have found themselves in the mess of a civil battle, pertaining to the 'shortage' of granted rights. Lacking the realization that these rights have inevitably been granted by our founding fathers. That these rights were the building blocks to this nation's success, the motive to independence, the allowance to mass success, and the vouchsafed of contentment. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the rights that have been bestowed upon us; they are the utmost essential rights that have been gifted to us by simply being an American. The works of, “The Declaration of Independence,” drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the self-liberating essay, “Salvation,” penned by Langston Hughes, as-well-as, the continuous resurging classic, “The Great Gatsby,” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald all share a common factor. These analects not only render on how we are entitled to these essential American rights but how we are given the opportunity to practice them freely...
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...Enlightenment ideas were a key factor in helping the British colonists win their war of independence. This is shown in a primary source, the Declaration of Independence (US 1776). During the Enlightenment, John Locke claimed that every human has the natural rights of life, liberty, and property. He also created the idea of a social contract. In a social contract, the people will give up some of their rights in exchange for the protection of their natural rights by the government. If the government did not protect the people’s natural rights, the people can overthrow the government. Natural rights and a social contract were major Enlightenment ideas. The American revolutionaries believed these ideas, which persuaded them to battle against the...
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...Despite the profound and effective revolutionary claim in the Declaration of Independence, the passage above highlights the hypocrisy of American liberty, creating a conflict between American ideals and its practice. In the passage, the Founding Fathers accuse the King of Great Britain of encouraging the Native Americans to revolt against the colonist. The Founding Fathers use of strong phrases throughout The Declaration of Independence emphasized the urgency in overthrowing the totalitarian regime. To continue to build the revolution fever, the Founding Fathers chose to place this passage last in the list of grievances to present to the colonist an immediate threat to their safety. In order to protect themselves, their wives, and their children...
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...Happiness Happiness is an important and necessity in the lives of people around the world. Happiness has been ingrained in people's consciousness since before Thomas Jefferson voiced these famous words in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson). Therefore, people have been in pursuit to find happiness. These are unalienable rights, meaning that even if somebody wanted to give them up they couldn't. Although in the book Fahrenheit 451 the citizens of the society don’t have the unalienable rights. The problem that Ray Bradbury addresses in the Fahrenheit 451 is that happiness could eventually lead to the human race's demise. The protagonist...
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...of right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.” The colonies declared to the world, ‘hey, watch out, we are no longer part of the British Empire!’ We, the colonists, are individual nations separate from Great Britain; we reject the sovereignty of the crown....
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...hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.' Panel 3 - Popular sovereignty of people is that authority of the government is created and sustained by the people. This means that people are the ones making the government work. The declaration of Independence fits into popular sovereignty by stating that Great britian wasnt going to control the 13 colonies but instead seperate them. Panel 4- The Social contract is the Origin of Society an the Athority of the States over a single person. This means your rights are protected and cannot be taken away. Panel 5- Legal rights are Basic Rights the The legal system gives you. While Natural rights are your beliefs and Choices you choose. ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'. Panel 6- I believe that the decleration of independence is neccessary to uphold the political principles of Americans Value because they protect us and the government , they arent just affecting one side they are affecting both. With this being said the Decleration of independence makes sure we have our rights and that they are protected and cannot be taken...
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...about running for presidency. We’re faced with the let down of a broken promise. As a citizen you get promised many things, a lot of those promises are legal promises as in the Constitution of the United States and others that were just promised to get a reaction. In The Promise of America a book with excerpts of different promises made to the American people, Thomas Jefferson’s historical “The Declaration of Independence”, was read on July 4th 1776, and was signed by 56 members of congress. In the “Declaration”, Jefferson states our true promises that defy this great nation that we have the rights of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson 36). On July 19th 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton a woman’s rights activist parodied Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence” to make the point that women were not being treated as “equal” members of society or that were given our free rights that were promised in the “Declaration” (Stanton 42-46). As deprived as women...
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...that government should be built on a mutual agreement (contract theory) and when consent of the governed is loss, or when the natural rights and liberties are violated, it is the right of the people to rise up and replace the current government. This theory can easily be seen in the Deceleration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights. Locke’s arguments for...
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...Many of the most highly regarded documents in history have major similarity and the documents of our predecessors often influences the generations after them. Documents like the the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut which influence our Constitution or the English Bill of Rights which influences our Bill of Rights are good examples of this practices. But perhaps one of the the most famous United State use of this is the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence has many similar ideas on the government and its relations with it citizens from John Locke’s Social Contract. One similarity both documents share is the mention of unalienable rights, god given rights that cannot be taken away. The Social Contract states “we retain the right to life and liberty, and gain the right to just, impartial protection of property.” and while the Declaration of Independence is very similar with it inalienable rights, the exact quote is “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”. The difference within these sets of our inalienable rights is most likely due to the time period in which each document was created. John Locke wrote the Social...
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...Although the idea that all men are created equal and possess certain inviolable rights was not a novel thought, the American Founders and the Declaration of Independence reinvigorated in the minds of the American colonists that tyrannical and unjust government that encroached on one’s unalienable rights was worthy to be cast out. In that sense, the Declaration of Independence generates two fundamental arguments: that all men are equally born with a set of unalienable rights, “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness,” and that government essentially serves as the fences instituted by its people to protect these rights. However, compared to the sheer gravity of these statements, the Founders do not employ words of great magnitude to convince their audience; rather, they simply state that their arguments of equality and just governance to be simply “self-evident.” Consequently, the underlying principle of the Declaration remains the Founders’ recognition of the unbreakable relationship between the natural rights of man and the functions and requirements of a just government. The Declaration defines a just government as one that prioritizes the protection of its people and their rights. Additionally, a just government only exists through the subsequent earning of trust and consent of its citizens through becoming the reliable protector of their rights to Life, Liberty, and pursuit of Happiness. Although all men are “by nature, all free, and independent” (Second Treatise Chapter...
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...majority rule, representative democracy, constitutionalism, civil liberties, and other distinguishing characteristics of the American political system. The tone of the Declaration of Independence was written in a very serious and impertinent manner. The writers of the Declaration wanted to strongly and seriously convey their message to their audience in the document. Jefferson's original draft was found completed with changes made by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and also the Congress. “Historians have often sought to identify the sources that most influenced the words and political philosophy of the Declaration of Independence. By Jefferson's own admission, the Declaration contained no original ideas, but was instead a statement of sentiments widely shared by supporters of the American Revolution. As he explained in...
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