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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

BY: AMY PONDER

THE POLITICAL THEORY

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

THE POLITICAL THEORY

  • Governments must secure human rights
  • If a government fails to do so, we must abolish it.
  • We have the right to create a new government.

INJURIES AND USURPATIONS

  • Forced legislature to comply to his demands
  • Obstructed justice
  • Allowed militia to harass colonists

INJURIES AND USURPATIONS

  • Quartering troops in the colonies
  • Initiating taxes without consent
  • Refusing Trial by Jury

FORMAL PROCLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE

  • We have the right to be free.
  • We are completely independent from Britain

FORMAL PROCLAMATION