people have natural rights as human beings
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The co-authors of the Declaration of Independence include Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and John Adams. They asserted the autonomy of America, and the Union was no longer subject to British authority.
It was basically a letter to Great Britain's King George declaring the complete independence of the American colonies from his authority and from the British Empire. He was not amused.
The Founding Fathers lived under British rule, which did not allow for freedom, liberty or representation. This was the motivating factor for signing the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson was largely responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence.
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The Declaration of Independence was created to free the American colonists from the authority of Britain.
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The co-authors of the Declaration of Independence include Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and John Adams. They asserted the autonomy of America, and the Union was no longer subject to British authority.
According to his writings, most prominently the American Declaration of Independence, Jefferson stated that all authority of government arises from the people, and that as a result the people can at any time dismantle their government when it becomes abusive.
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The people are the source of government authority
Yes. The Declaration states that the colonies, previously acknowledging their rule by Britain and its king, had cause to terminate that rule and become a free and separate nation. It was the colonies way of affirming their authority to rule themselves instead of being under the rule of England.
He refused agree to the US's independence and ordered British troops to restore British authority there.