Declaration of Independence

The laws of _____ and Nature’s _____ entitle America to be independent for the following reasons:

Nature, God

All ___ are created _____

men, equal

That they are endowed by their ______ with unalienable _____

creater, rights

Those rights include the rights to ____, _____, and the pursuit of _________

life, liberty, happiness

Government derives its ________ to govern from the _______ of the ______

authority, consent, people

The purpose of the government is to _____ these rights

secure

The _____ have the right to _____ any form of government that does not ______ those rights and to establish a government that will.

people, abolish, protect

Additionally when a government’s _______________ provide evidence of a plan to create a ________, it is the right and ____ of the people to _______ that government.

abuse or usurpations, tyranny, duty, overthrow