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01 Revolutionary Ideas
Declaration of Independence Popular Sovereignty
Robert Marshall
8/20/2018

The Declaration of Independence was When it comes to popular sovereignty,

written so that King George III could not
infuriate colonists with his strict laws
and taxes. The document was not
approved until July 4, 1776. It has three
main components. One, it introduces
the reasons the document was created.
Two, it lists complaints about King
George III. Three, the colonists state
that the United States will be an
independent nation. In addition to that,
the document reflects popular
sovereignty, the social contract theory,
and natural and individual rights.
the people are the authority. The people
are able to decide how their government
works. The people can give consent to
the government, but they also have the
power not to consent.
"He has dissolved Representative
Houses repeatedly, for opposing with
manly firmness his invasions on the
rights of the people. He has refused for
such a long time, after such dissolutions,
to cause others to be elected."
 Social Contract
The social contract is the idea that people
will consent government authority. In
return, the government will protect the
people and their rights. In the Declaration of
Independence, it states that a man's rights
will not be taken away from him. His rights
should be protected. If the people's rights are
taken away from them, they have the right to
change or abolish their government and
make a new one.
"That whenever any form of government
becomes destructive to these ends, it is the
right of the people to alter or to abolish it,
and to institute new government."
Natural and Individual Rights
Life, liberty, and estate are what John Locke
referred to as the natural rights. Every
person has these rights because they are a
human. That means no government can take
it away. No other person can take it away.
Before the Declaration of Independence was
approved, Locke altered the last right to be
the pursuit of happiness.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that longer subject to King George III. If I had
all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Conclusion
I think the Declaration of Independence
upholds the political principles
Americans value. The document reflects
all of the important principles I learned
about in this lesson; I found examples of
each. The writers of the Declaration of
Independence accomplished their goals
because it showed that colonies were
free and independent and were no
been an American colonist, I would have
supported it because it gave the
colonists many rights and freedoms.
Today, we might have not been given
our rights and freedoms if it had not
been for the Declaration of
Independence.