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Published on Jan 11, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

LYNSEY MORROW
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POLITICAL THEORY

  • All men are created equal
  • Right of the people to overthrow government
  • Unalienable rights (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness)
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POLITICAL THEORY

  • Right to appoint new government
  • Government should not be changed for light causes
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INJURIES AND USURPATIONA

  • Forbid governors to pass important laws
  • Called legislative bodies together in unusual places
  • Dissolved representatives repeatedly
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INJURIES AND USURPATIONS

  • Quartering large bodies of troops
  • Took away charters
  • Suspending legislatures

FORMAL PROCLAMATION

  • United Colonies should be free states
  • Absolved from all allegiance to the British crown
  • Connection between them and Britain should be dissolved
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FORMAL PROCLAMATION

  • Have full power to levy war
  • Power to establish commerce
  • Act completely as independence states
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