The Declaration Of Independence

1. The Declaration Of Independence

2. 4 Major Sections of Dec of Ind • Introduction / Preamble • Political Theory / Declaration of Natural Rights • How government should operate • How life should be • List of Grievances • All the things the King and England did to them • Official Proclamation of Independence

3. People are born with rights Governments are formed to protect these rights And they rule because people allow them to

4. When Government starts to destroy rights People are allowed to change Government or get rid of it

5. It wouldn’t be wise to change Government for minor or temporary reasons Historically, people deal with bad government rather than overthrow it

6. But when government is too abusive and becomes a dictatorship It is not only people’s right to overthrow the government – it is their duty to do so

7. 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence

8. 12 had homes ransacked and burned to the ground

9. 5 captured, tortured and killed by the British

10. 9 Died fighting in Revolutionary War

11. Plantation Owners Judges Lawyers Wealthy Merchants

12. Carter Braxton Francis Lewis

13. John Hart Thomas Nelson

14. The Declaration Of Independence