DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

RESPECT

THE POLITICAL THEORY OF THE DECLARATION

• All men are created equal.
• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
• Certain unalienable rights

POLITICAL THEORY OF THE DECLARATION

• Right of the people to abolish tyrannic governments
• Safety and happiness
• Guards for their future security

INJURIES AND USURPATIONS

• Absolute tyranny over these states
• Dissolved the Representative House
• Obstructing the Laws for Naturalization

INJURIES AND USURPATIONS

• Officers to harass
• Standing armies
• Mock trials

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