The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776 and was written by Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence was made up of democratic principles and a list of grievances to the king. There were many democratic principles in the Declaration of Independence, because this was what made America. Firstly, the document says that “all men are created equal” and that all people are entitled to “certain unalienable rights” such as “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” It also states that “governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form 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.” This meant that the government is not ruled by one person, but by the public. If the opposite happens then that person should be taken out of power.
Another major part of the Declaration of Independence was the colonial grievances to the king. Firstly it states that in England there was a tyranny. The king refused to agree to the laws. He also basically got rid of the power from the governors and has ruled without any help. If someone made a decision he did not like he would get rid of it. He kept standing armies in peace without consent from anybody else. He cut of trade from the world. He imposed taxes on the colonists without their consent. He deprived the colonist’s trial by jury, and basically controlled the lives of the colonists unwillingly.
The Declaration of Independence was in part a letter to the king and in part a constitution that still governs our democratic principles today. The Declaration called for the right for the colonies to be free and independent. If not for the founding fathers of our nation, and the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence, America would be so much different today.
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