Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence
Directions: Find a copy of the D.O.I. Begin reading it and list any language that you come across that would fall into one of the two following categories:
Democratic Ideas | Natural Rights |
Unanimous Declaration Consent of the governed It is the right of people Alter their former systems of government Pass laws of immediate and pressing importance To throw off such government Legislative bodies Public records Representative houses Returned to the people at large Without the concern of our legislatures Attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us | Life, Liberty, Pursuit of happiness dissolve the political band Nature/nature’s god Evils are sufferable Public good Rights of the people Laws of naturalization for foreigners Migrations hither Appropriations of lands Destroyed the lives of our people Domestic insurrections All men are created equally |