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 causes which impel them to the separation.
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…..
for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
for protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states
for cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:
for imposing taxes on us without our consent:
for depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:
for transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences
10a) who influenced jefferson’s idea of unalienable rights? (hint-think background essay)
10b) how would king george react to reading this document?
10c) how is the declaration of independence a cause of the american revolution?