Declaration Of Independence

Why did they want freedom?

• So they can not pay taxes
• So they can go on the other side of the Appalachian Mountain
• To trade with other countries 

Structure

• preamble
• grievance
• formal declaration

Natural Rights

Popular Sovereignty

Social Contract

Quotes

Quote 1 Natural Rights

• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
• they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
• among these are Life,Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Quote 2 Popular Sovereignty

• "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men,deriving
• their  just powers from the consent of the governed."

Quote 3 Social Contract

• That whenever any Form of of Government becomes destructive of these  ends,
• it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute
• new Government "