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To serve the needs of the people.
The Declaration of Independence was not an event that people attended. It is a document that was signed by every member of the Continental Congress who continued to serve in that capacity after 2 July 1776 and by everyone who joined the Congress in the several months following.There were several people of Scottish origin or descent who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Jefferson played an active role in starting the Revolution, serving as a member of the Continental Congress that declared independence. He wrote and sighed the Declaration of Independence.
They mean that the people have a right to choose the government and when the government doesn't serve the people they have the right to change the government.
The Declaration relies heavily on the idea of the natural rights of man.
To serve the needs of the people.
Essentially, all a prelude does is serve as an introduction to the story.
They serve as the inspiration for the philosophical beliefs promoted in the declaration
The people.
The Declaration of Independence was not an event that people attended. It is a document that was signed by every member of the Continental Congress who continued to serve in that capacity after 2 July 1776 and by everyone who joined the Congress in the several months following.There were several people of Scottish origin or descent who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, but several others had a hand in it as well including Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. Jefferson would go on to serve as America's 3rd U.S. President.
According to the Declaration of Independence, the purpose of the government is to secure natural rights for the people. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration, borrowed this idea and many others from the work of political philosopher John Locke.
The Declaration of Independence did nothing to the Constitution or Bill of Rights since it came before those documents. It did serve as a starting point for many of the concepts the Constitution and Bill of Rights used.
Jefferson played an active role in starting the Revolution, serving as a member of the Continental Congress that declared independence. He wrote and sighed the Declaration of Independence.
Locke's "Treatise on Government" espoused the principle that governments exist to serve the governed, which was the central principle of the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke! He believed that the government should serve the people. So, it is based off of his ideas.
They mean that the people have a right to choose the government and when the government doesn't serve the people they have the right to change the government.