Unlienable Rights In The Declaration Of Independence

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Since England did not listen to our demands we brought them a revolution. We brought them a revolution because King George the III kept putting taxation on us and we did not even have a say in it. This taxation made the rebels even more angry at the King, but the king would keep putting new taxations on stuff and taking the old taxes away. The King could do this because of all the power he had with no restrictions, and it didn't matter what the people said because he had all the power. Once everybody had enough of the King and all his power, the 2nd Continental Congress got together and wrote the Declaration of Independence to set us apart from England and the King during the revolution. The most important parts of the Declaration are Equality, The Unalienable Rights, and the Consent of The Governed.
In the Declaration of Independence we were sure to include Equality. In the Declaration it says “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.” This quote says all human beings, regardless of religion, sex, or skin color, possess the same natural rights. No one, no matter how intelligent or capable he or she may be, can claim the …show more content…

Consent of The Governed implies that people of a country should vote for the elective representatives they want in their government. (Document C). “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”(1.8). In the Constitution it is saying to get what you want as the people you have to vote and get as many people as you can to vote with you. It also states that if you feel your rights are in danger you can have the law abolished or the government

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