Summary: Declaration of Independence
PURPOSE
1. TO EXPLAIN TO THE
WORLD THE REASONS FOR
SEPARATING FROM BRITAIN
2. TO STATE THE NEW
RIGHTS THEY WILL HAVE
3. TO LIST COMPLAINTS
AGAINST THE KING!
IDEAS ABOUT GOVERNMENT
THE GOV'T IS SET UP TO
PROTECT THE PPL'S RIGHTS!
PPL ARE THE GOV'TS
SOURCE OF POWER!
IDEAS ABOUT RIGHTS
LIFE, LIBERTY, PURSUIT OF
HAPPINESS!
PPL. HAVE THE RIGHT TO
OVERTHROW/CHANGE A
GOV'T THAT DOES NOT
PROTECT THESE RIGHTS.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST KING
GEORGE III
­NO REPRESENTATIVE GOV'T
­QUARTERING OF TROOPS
­BAN ON TRADE WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES (NAVIGATION ACTS)
­TAXATION WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION (SUGAR,
STAMP, TOWNSHEND ACTS, ETC.)