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.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute (set up) new Government.

The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries...all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

-For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us and for protecting them 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:
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States.