Transcript DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• Principal author was
Thomas Jefferson.
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Begins with the
phrase, “When in the
course of human
events…”
Includes the phrase:
"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".
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The Declaration states
that it is the right and
duty of a people who to
overthrow the
government and change
the system if the
government takes away
their rights.
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Unalienable rights are
rights that cannot be
taken away.
The unalienable rights
in the Declaration of
Independence are life,
liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.
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Gives the power of
rule to the people.
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Most of the
Declaration deals with
grievances against the
king.